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JATOBA

Names

Other trade names: Jatai, Courbaril, Locust, Algarrobo, Brazilian Cherry
Scientific name: Hymenaea courbaril
Family: Caesalpiniaceae
 

Wood Description

Color: pinkish brown beige to red brown
Grain: straight, sometimes slightly interlocked
Texture: medium
 

Technological Characteristics

Green weight: 1100 kg/m³
Specific gravity at 12% MC: 955 kg/m³ (heavy to very heavy)
Tangential shrinkage (T%): 7.1
Radial shrinkage (R%): 3.8
Crushing strength at 12% MC: 107 N/mm²
Modulus of elasticity at 12% MC: 20870 N/mm²
 

Processing

Sawing: power required
Blunting effect: moderate
Risks of distortion: very slight
Risks of checking: moderately high, according to the density
 

Durability

Decay: moderate to very good
Termites: moderate to very good
Insects of dry woods: good
 

Uses

Cabinet work, flooring, bridge decking, interior and exterior joinery, sleepers, carpentry, turnery 

(extracted from “Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America”, published by the International Tropical Timber Organization and Centre Technique Forestier Tropical)