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GUABIJú (Eugenia mato)

Trade Name

Guabijú

Scientific Name

Eugenia mato Griseb.

Family

MYRTACEAE

Common Names

Guabijú (Brazil); Bois Goyave; Wattle; Ironwood; Guayabo (Bolivia)

Scientific Name Synonyms

Myrcianthes mato (Griseb.) McVaugh; Acreugenia mato (Griseb.) Kausel

Description Of The Tree

Botanical Description

It is reported to be a small tree up to 15 m in height. The fruits of many Eugenia trees are edible.

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Wood Identification

Anatomic Description Of Wood

Occasionally vessels in diagonal and/or radial pattern. Vessels exclusively solitary (over 90%). Vessels of two distinct diameter classes, wood not ring-porous. Vascular/vasicentric tracheides present. Axial parenchyma absent or extremely rare, non visible with magnifying glass (8x). Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Heterogeneous rays and/or multiseriate heterogeneous rays.

Availability

Cites Status

Unrestricted

General Wood Description

Color

The heartwood and sapwood are differentiated. The sapwood is light brown to pink color, the heartwood turns abruptly into dark brown color with black stripes.

Grain

The grain is mostly straight

Texture

This wood has a somewhat fine texture.

Natural Durability

E. mato is reported to be susceptible to biological attack.

Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)

3

Wood Physical Properties

Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)

0.79

Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)

0.90

Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)

12.2

Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)

6.3

Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)

1.9

Wood Chemical Properties

Wood Mechanical Properties

Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)

581

Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

305

Workability

Sawing

Sawmilling of this species is reportedly easy.

Response To Hand Tools

The wood is hard, but it can be used for carvings.

REFERENCED USES

End Uses Summary

HOUSING GENERAL, fittings, shutter boards, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, SPORTS, table tennis, PACKING, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, matches, moldings, particleboard

General Housing
  • 10 - Silica in Timbers
Fittings
  • 19 - Silica in Timbers
Shutter Boards
  • 20 - Prospect: The wood database
Panels, Veneers
  • 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Sports
  • 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
  • 41 - Embassy of the Philippines
Packing
  • 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Handcraft
  • 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
Matches
  • 71 - Proprietes physiques et mecaniques des bois tropicaux, premier supplement
Molding
  • 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
Particleboard
  • 80 - Estudio Integral de la Madera para Construcción

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