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Exotic Brazilian Wood Products

QUARUBA-CEDRO
	Botanic Name: Vochysia spp. 90 to 125 feet high tree found in the Amazon region. Wood usage: crates and boxes, plywood, construction, ship's building, doweling, carpentry, etc. Color Shade: light Texture: coarse Grain: Straight to interlocked Density kg/m³: light 515 Janka Hardness: Pounds (kgf): 1230 (560) Durability: poor to moderate durability Preservation: difficult

QUARUBA-CEDRO

Botanic Name: Vochysia spp.

90 to 125 feet high tree found in the Amazon region. Wood usage: crates and boxes, plywood, construction, ship's building, doweling, carpentry, etc.

Color Shade: light

Texture: coarse

Grain: Straight to interlocked

Density kg/m³: light 515

Janka Hardness: Pounds (kgf): 1230 (560)

Durability: poor to moderate durability

Preservation: difficult

*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.