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MARFIL (Licania hebantha)
Trade Name
Marfil
Scientific Name
Licania hebantha Mart. ex Hook. f.
Family
CHRYSOBALANACEAE
Common Names
Marfil (Colombia)
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
The trees are reported to reach heights of 35 m, with trunk diameters of 50 cm in the average. The bole is fluted.
Natural Habitat
This species is reported to be common in the Amazonian forests of Colombia.
Natural Distribution
Colombia, especially in the Magdalena valley.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Vessels exclusively solitary (over 90%). Occasionally tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 micras or less. Occasionally axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Occasionally paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma in thick bands. Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant).
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
Odor and taste are indistinct.
Color
The sapwood is not differentiated, the heartwood is yellow.
Grain
The grain is mostly straight
Texture
This species is reported to have a fine to medium texture.
Luster
The surface of the wood is naturally moderate in luster.
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)
0.96
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
1.13
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
6.2
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
4.4
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying: Air seasoning is reported to be moderate. Drying Defects: Risk of warping is reported.
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
1.4
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
2060
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
1060
Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)
1600
Janka hardness (end grain) 12%MC (kgf)
1610
Workability
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
EXTERIOR GENERAL, stakes posts, HOUSING GENERAL, parquet, SPORTS
Exterior General
- 1 - Tabela de resultados de ensaios fisicos e mecanicos
Stake Posts
- 5 - Propriedades fisicas e mecanicas da madeira e do contraplacado de Pinus elliottii
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Parquet
- 15 - Empire Timbers
Sports
- 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
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