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PODOCARP TROPICAL AMERICA (Podocarpus oleifolius)

Trade Name

Podocarp Tropical America

Scientific Name

Podocarpus oleifolius D. Don ex Lamb.

Family

PODOCARPACEAE

Common Names

Pino De Monte (Bolivia); Romerillo Blanco (Ecuador); Pinabete (Venezuela); Pino Laso (Venezuela); Ulcumano (Peru); Romerón (Colombia); Pino Chaquiro (Colombia); Pino De Pacho (Colombia); Romerillo Azuceno (Ecuador); Ciprosill Blanco

Description Of The Tree

Botanical Description

The trees reach heights of up to 45 m, with trunk diameters of 70 to 150 cm. The boles are straight but somewhat conical, with commercial lengths of about 20 m or more.

Natural Habitat

Podocarpus oleifolius grows in fairly homogeneous stands in tropical montane forests. It is found in well drained areas between 1,400 to 3,150 m of altitude.

Natural Distribution

P. oleifolius is an American tropical conifer reported from Mexico and Honduras, south to Peru and Bolivia.

Wood Identification

Anatomic Description Of Wood

Axical parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Colored deposits. Unseriate, homogenous ray. (4)-6-(9)/mm (1)-7-(25) cells high. Crossfield pitting: piceoid cupressoid 1/crossfield. Tracheids : (18)-36-(71) micra in tangential diameter. Intertracheid pits : 1-2 rows with crassulae.

  • Wood Macro Photo Tangential Plane
  • Wood Micro Photo Of Transversal Section

Availability

Cites Status

Unrestricted

General Wood Description

Odor

Odor and taste are reported to be indistinct.

Color

The sapwood is pinkish cream, the heartwood gradually changes into pale brown color.

COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)

5

Grain

Straight grain is reported in this species.

Texture

Fine texture is reported in this species.

Luster

The surface of the wood is naturally moderate in luster.

Wood Physical Properties

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

0.49

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

0.53

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

6.8

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

3.4

Drying Defects

Drying Defects: Risk of checking and warping is reported. Slight risk of collapse is also reported. Kiln Schedules: Slow drying is recommended.

Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule

US-T10-D4S; JUNAC-A

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

2.0

Wood Chemical Properties

Wood Mechanical Properties

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

913

Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

127000

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

600

Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)

433

Janka hardness (end grain) 12%MC (kgf)

648

Workability

Sawing

Sawing of this species is reported to be rather easy.

Planing

This species is easy to plane.

Moulding

The response of this species to molding operations is fair.

Boring

Boring of this species is reported to be easy.

REFERENCED USES

End Uses Summary

HOUSING GENERAL, boards, panelling, shutter boards, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, PACKING, light packing

General Housing
  • 10 - Silica in Timbers
Boards
  • 13 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section III. Latin American (Mexico, Central, and South America) Woods–Conventional Temperatures
Paneling
  • 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
Shutter Boards
  • 20 - Prospect: The wood database
Furniture Cabinets
  • 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Panels, Veneers
  • 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Packing
  • 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Light Packing
  • 46 - ECUADOR, Inventario y Aprovechamiento de los Bosques del Sur Ecuatoriano

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