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Cerejeira (Amburana cearensis)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Amburana, Amburana de cheiro, Angelim, Brazillian oak, Cerejeira, Cerejeira rajada, Cerejeira-rajada, Cerejeiro, Cerejeiro rajada, Cumare, Cumaru, Cumaru das caatingas, Cumaru de ceara, Cumaru de cheiro, Cumaru do ceara, Cumaru-das-caatingas, Cumbaru das cantingas, Emburana, Imburana, Imburana de cheiro, Ishpingo, Louro inga, Palo trebol, Roble, Roble criollo, Roble del norte, Roble del pais, Sorgoto, Sorioco, Trebol, Umburana, Umburana cheira

Distributed in: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru (Latin America)

Distribution overview: Widely distributed in the dry regions of Brazil and northern Argentina. In Peru, found in the tropical dry regions of the Huanuco Department on deep well- drained soils.

Common uses: Bedroom suites, Boat building, Boat building: framing, Boxes and crates, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Carvings, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Construction, Cooperages, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Drum sticks, Excelsior, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Furniture, Hatracks, Heavy construction, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Lifeboats, Light construction, Living-room suites, Mine timbers, Musical instruments , Office furniture, Organ pipes, Paneling, Parquet flooring, Piano keys, Pianos , Plywood corestock, Plywood, Shipbuilding, Structural work, Vats, Vehicle parts, Veneer: decorative

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isYellow to golden-yellow to orange, Yellowish tanand the sapwoodDifferent than heartwood, Yellow.The grain isStriped figure, the textureResinous and oilyand the lusterPronounced

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Susceptible to wood staining fungal attack

Odor: Mildly scented

Drying Defects: Distortion, Moderate twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good General finishing qualities are rated as good The nice scented seeds are used as perfume in toilet soaps and snuff. The fragrant oil contained in the bark of the tree is used for medicinal purposes. The species goes by many names, and is even referred to as Brazilian oak and Brazilian cherry by some in the United States because of its visual similarity to the two species.

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Use very sharp cutting edges to prevent grain from tearing

Carving: Good results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Glues well

Mortising: good

Moulding: Good moulding properties

Movement in Service: Good moulding properties

Nailing: Pre-boring recommended, Tends to split during nailing

Planing: good

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood has low permeability

Response to hand tools: Responds well to hand tools

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Moderate

Screwing: Pre-boring recommended, Recommend pre-boring; Turning: Sharp cutting edges required

Painting: Satisfactory; Polishing: Good; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Satisfactory;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,48 0,43
Density 641 kg/m3
Bending Strength 650 928 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 299 435 kg/cm2
Hardness 278 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 62 kg/cm2
Stiffness 92 102 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 5 %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 657 624 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9245 13208 psi
Density 40 lbs/ft3
Hardness 615 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 4257 6191 psi
Shearing Strength 882 psi
Stiffness 1315 1462 1000 psi
Specific Gravity 0.48 0.43
Weight 41 39 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 5 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 7 %

Max. crushing strength = medium 0
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Max. crushing strength = low
Hardness (side grain) = soft

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