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Itauba
Itauba (Mezilaurus navalium)

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Common names: Itauba, Itauba amarella, Itauba preta, Jaune, Kaneelhout, Kaneerjoe, Kjanarie, Kjarie, Siroeaballi, Taoub, Tapinhoa

Distributed in: Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname (Latin America)

Distribution overview: The species occurs in tropical South America, and can be found in Surinam, Brazil, and French Guiana.

Common uses: Boat building, Bridge construction, Cabinetmaking, Construction, Cooperages, Crossties, Decks, Exterior uses, Flooring, Furniture , General carpentry, Interior trim, Joinery, Naval architecture, Planks

Product sources: The ITTO reports that timber is regularly produced from this species, but it is exported in small quantities.

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isPink, Yellowand the sapwoodColor not distinct from heartwood, Yellow.The grain isStraight to roey, the textureOily feel and the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Highly resistant to decay and wood destroying insects , Moderately durable

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Silica Content: Siliceous

Drying Defects: Distortion (twist/warp) is likely, Severe surface checking

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Blunting Effect: Medium to fairly severe effect

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Use special attention for best results

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Difficult to nail, Possible if prebored

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,79
Density 833 kg/m3
Bending Strength 1238 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 619 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 161 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 1025 817 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 17620 psi
Density 52 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 8810 psi
Stiffness 2302 1000 psi
Specific Gravity 0.79
Weight 64 51 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 10 %

Weight = very high
Density = very high
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = very high
Bending strength (MOR) = very high

Chichignoud, M., G. Deon, P. Detienne, B. Parant, and P. Vantomme. 1990. Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America. Prepared for International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) by Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (CTFT, Division of CIRAD, 45bis, Avenue de la Belle Gabrielle, Nogent-sur-Marne Cedex, France.Kribbs, D.A. 1959. Commercial Foreign Woods on the American Market. Buckhout Lab., Dept. of Botany, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
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