Exotic Brazilian Wood Products
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Botanic Name: Planchonella pachycarpa 60 to 75 feet high tree found in the Amazon and Tocantins rivers basins. Wood usage: furniture, heavy construction, flooring, panels, doweling, etc. Color Shade: light Texture: fine Grain: straight to ocasionally interlocked Density kg/m³: heavy 910 Janka Hardness: Pounds (kgf): 3420 3420 (1552) Durability: poor moderately Preservation: easy |
*Janka Hardness is the measure resulting from the pressure over a metal sphere of 0,444 inches in diameter so that it sinks up to half its diameter in the wood. It is thus a measure of the wood's resistance.