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TAMBORIL (Enterolobium contortisiliquum)

Trade Name

Tamboril

Scientific Name

Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong

Family

LEGUMINOSAE

Common Names

Timbó Cedro (Brazil); Timboúva (Brazil); Timbauva (Brazil); Tamboril; Timbó (Paraguay); Pacara; Orelha De Negro (Brazil); Chimbó

Scientific Name Synonyms

Mimosa contortisiliqua Vell.; Calliandra pacara Griseb.; Acacia melalobiata Rojas Acosta

Description Of The Tree

Botanical Description

It is a large tree, it attains heights from 20 to 35 m, with a diameter at breast height between 80 to 140 cm, occasionally up to 160 cm.

Natural Habitat

Enterolobium contortisiliquum is a pioneer species found in secondary forests, rarely in primary forests, almost always in humid sites. It grows scattered in a wide range of habitats.

Natural Distribution

It is distributed in Central and South America. In Brazil this species is reported to be common in the forests from Maranhao and Piaui until Rio Grande do Sul. It is found also in the Parana basin.

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Wood Identification

Anatomic Description Of Wood

Wood diffuse porous. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 200 micras or more (large). Occasionally vessels with colored deposits. Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits simi Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma lozenge-aliform. Occasionally prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells and/or in fibers. 3 to 4 cells per parenchyma strand. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays 1 to 4 seriate. Occasionally septate fibers present. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.

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

Availability

Cites Status

Unrestricted

General Wood Description

Color

The color of the heartwood is commonly rose beige to pale or dark maroon.

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

3

Grain

The grain is typically straight or slightly interlocked.

Texture

The texture is coarse.

Natural Durability

It is reported to have low durability against decay and insect attacks.

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

5

Internal Growth Stresses

This species is reported to have growth stresses.

Resistance To Impregnation

Tamboril is amenable to preservative treatment.

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) (%)

4.6

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

2.2

Drying Defects

Ease of Drying: It is little or moderately difficult to air dry. Drying Defects: Slight to moderate checking and warping may occur.

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

2.1

Wood Chemical Properties

Wood Mechanical Properties

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

729

Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

78463

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

383

Workability

Sawing

Sawing is easy, but presence of tension wood is reported.

Rotary Veneer Cutting

This species is suitable for peeling and slicing.

Sliced Veneer

This species is suitable for peeling and slicing.

Blunting Effect

Wood of this species exerts a slight blunting effect on the cutting tools.

Planing

Planing operations are not difficult, but sometimes fluffy wood is found in the radial cut.

Turning

30

Nailing

Good nail-holding properties.

Gluing

The timber is reported to glue well.

Finishing

Finishing of this wood is easy.

Coatings

This species is reported to be easy to paint or varnish.

Polishing

It is easy to polish.

Substitute Species

It is reported a s a possible substitute for Spanish Cedar.

REFERENCED USES

End Uses Summary

HOUSING GENERAL, boards, panelling, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, common furniture, cabinets, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, cores, common veneer, TURNING, cutlery, BENDING, tennis rackets, SPORTS, table tennis, PACKING, light packing, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, door core

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
Furniture Cabinets
  • 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Furniture, Common
  • 23 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Cabinet
  • 24 - Empire Timbers
Panels, Veneers
  • 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Cores
  • 27 - Embassy of Brazil in Japan
Common Veneer
  • 29 - Embassy of Ecuador in Japan
Turning
  • 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
Knife Handles
  • 33 - Embassy of Gabon in Japan
Bending
  • 35 - Embassy of Myanmar in Japan
Tennis Rackets
  • 37 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
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
Light Packing
  • 46 - ECUADOR, Inventario y Aprovechamiento de los Bosques del Sur Ecuatoriano
Handcraft
  • 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
Door Cores
  • 76 - Descripción General y Anatómica de 105 Maderas del Grupo Andino.

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