Exotic Brazilian Wood Products

 
QUARUBARANA / CAMBARA

Botanic Name: Erisma uncinatum Warm

Its tree is found in Venezuela, Guianas and Amazon Basin. Wood usage: plywood, wall paneling, lining, doweling, furniture, crates and boxes, window frames, interior wooden products, etc.

Color Shade: Pale pink brown to purplish brown

Texture: coarse

Grain: straight

Density kg/m³: light 600

Janka Hardness: Pounds (kgf): 1093 (497)

Durability: good durability

Preservation: Poor to moderate

*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.