MACACAúBA (Platymiscium fragrans)
Trade Name
Macacaúba
Scientific Name
Platymiscium fragrans Rusby
Family
LEGUMINOSAE
Common Names
Macacaúba Preta (Brazil); Macawood; Macacaúba (Brazil); Macacaúba Vermelha (Brazil); Jandiá (Brazil); Jacarandá Piranga (Brazil); Jacarandá Do Brejo (Brazil); Macacaúba-Vermelha (Brazil); Macacaúba-Preta (Brazil); Trébol; Quebra Cuna (Bolivia); Tarara Colorada (Bolivia); Tarara (Bolivia); Tamocosi (Bolivia); Quea Cuña (Bolivia)
Scientific Name Synonyms
Platymiscium pubescens subsp. fragrans (Rusby) Kli
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
The trees are reported to reach heights of 30 m, with trunk diameters of about 60 cm. They develop well-formed and cylindrical boles.
Natural Habitat
Platymiscium fragrans is reported in subtropical dry forests, growing on well drained soils.
Natural Distribution
This species is reported to be common in the subtropical dry-forests of Bolivia, especially in the departments of Santa Cruz and Beni.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Vessel clusters common. Vessels per mm2 more than 20 (very abundant). Axial parenchyma apparent with the naked eye. Rays of two distinct sizes.
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Wood Micro Photo Of Transversal Section
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
P. fragans wood has a pleasant smell.
Color
The sapwood is differentiated, it is pinkish white, the heartwood is light reddish brown when dry.
COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)
5
Grain
Wavy or interlocked grain is often found in this species.
Texture
The wood is mostly medium in texture.
Luster
The surface of the wood is naturally moderate in luster.
Natural Durability
The wood of P. fragans is reported as durable.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
2
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.70
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.79
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying: Air seasoning is reported to be slow. Drying Defects: It has a tendency to warp and check.
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
1146
Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
145000
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
681
Compression perpendicular to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
120
Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
108
Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)
934
Janka hardness (end grain) 12%MC (kgf)
1061
Workability
Sawing
This species is easy to saw.
Rotary Veneer Cutting
Lamination of this species is possible.
Sliced Veneer
Lamination of this species is possible.
Machining
It is reported to be easy to process, with a good finishing.
Planing
Planing of this species is reported to be easy.
Moulding
Molding of this species is reported to be easy.
Turning
30
Boring
This species is easy to bore.
Mortising
This species is easy to mortise.
Gluing
Gluing of this species is easy.
Sanding
It has a good sanding behavior.
Finishing
Finishing of this wood is easy.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
EXTERIOR GENERAL, bridges, poles, paling, stakes posts, rails, crossarms, crossties, HOUSING GENERAL, beams, joists, boards, flooring, parquet, frames, steps, fittings, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, TURNING, ornaments, turned furniture, cutlery, BENDING, chairs, SPORTS, bowling polo balls, TOOLS, tool handles, agricultural tools, CONTAINERS, truck bodies, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, boat deck, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, violin, handicrafts
Exterior General
- 1 - Tabela de resultados de ensaios fisicos e mecanicos
Bridges
- 2 - 25 madeiras da amazonia de valor comercial, caracterizacao, macroscopica, usos comuns e indices qualificativos
Poles
- 3 - Estudo dendrologico e determinacao das caracteristicas fisicas e mecanicas do genipapo (Genipa americana)
Paling Fence Pickets
- 4 - Estudo dendrologico e determinacao das caracteristicas fisicas e mecanicas da bicuiba
Stake Posts
- 5 - Propriedades fisicas e mecanicas da madeira e do contraplacado de Pinus elliottii
Rails
- 6 - Physical and mechanical properties of Eucalyptus deglupta Blume grown in Costa Rica
Crossheads Crossarms
- 7 - Maderas latinoamericanas. II, Quercus alata Q. costaricensis y Q. eugeniaefolia
Crossties
- 8 - Maderas latinoamericas. III, Podocarpus standleyi ,Podocarpus oleifolius, Drims granadensis, Magnolia poasana y Didymopanax pittieri
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Beams
- 11 - Prospect: The wood database
Joists
- 12 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part I-Tropical American Species
Boards
- 13 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section III. Latin American (Mexico, Central, and South America) Woods–Conventional Temperatures
Flooring
- 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Parquet
- 15 - Empire Timbers
Frames
- 16 - Woods of the World
Steps
- 17 - Tree Conservation Database
Fittings
- 19 - Silica in Timbers
Furniture Cabinets
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Turning
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
Ornaments
- 31 - Embassy of Colombia in Japan
Turned Articles
- 32 - Embassy of Cote d`Ivoire in Japan
Knife Handles
- 33 - Embassy of Gabon in Japan
Bending
- 35 - Embassy of Myanmar in Japan
Chairs
- 36 - Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente, Panama
Sports
- 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Balls Bowling Polo
- 40 - Internet
Tools
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Tool Handles
- 43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)
Agricultural Tools
- 44 - Atlas of Peruvian Woods
Truck Body
- 53 - Timbers of the New World
Shipbuilding
- 55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America
Boat Decking
- 59 - Programa Nacional de uso Sostenible de los Bosques e Incremento a las Exportaciones.
Other & Musical Instruments
- 63 - Madeiras do Brazil II
Violin
- 64 - Maderas latinoamericanas. V. Carapa sp., Virola koschnyi, Terminalia lucida y Brosimum costaricanum.
Handcraft
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
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