Pilot Name : Marupá
Scientific Name : Simarouba amara Aubl., Simarouba glauca Dc., Simarouba versicolor St. Hill.
Family : Simaroubaceae

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Wood Description  
Sapwood : not distinct
   
Heartwood : Colour: cream white to yellow white
  : Grain: straight
  : Texture: medium to coarse
  : Silver figure: fine, not clearly distinct
  : Particularities: storeyed structure perceptible / presence of lines of canals with slight weeping

Technological Characteristics  
600 to 700
: Green weight (Kg/m3)
415
: Specific gravity at 12 % (Kg/m3) (very light)
6.5
: Total tangential shrinkage (T %)
2.9
: Total radial shrinkage (R %)
36
: Crushing strenght at 12 % (N/mm2)
68
: Static bending strenght at 12 % (N/mm2)
8.400
: Modulus of elasticity at 12 % (N/mm2)

 

 

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