Pilot Name : Goiabão
Scientific Name : Planchonella pachycarpa Pires ( = Syzygiopsis pachycarpa Ducke)
Family : Sapotaceae

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Wood Description  
Sapwood : not distinct
   
Heartwood : Colour: straw yellow
  : Grain: straight, sometimes irregular
  : Texture: very fine
  : Silver figure: very fine

Technological Characteristics  
1.200
: Green weight (Kg/m3)
910
: Specific gravity at 12 % (Kg/m3) (heavy)
13.0
: Total tangential shrinkage (T %)
6.9
: Total radial shrinkage (R %)
68
: Crushing strenght at 12 % (N/mm2)
136
: Static bending strenght at 12 % (N/mm2)
13.400
: Modulus of elasticity at 12 % (N/mm2)

 

 

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