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Araucaria
Araucaria (Araucaria araucana)

Family: Araucariaceae

Common names: Araucaria, Chile pine, Chilean pine, Monkey puzzle tree, Pehuen, Pilon, Pino araucaria

Distributed in: Argentina, Chile (Latin America)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Flooring, Food containers, Fuelwood, Furniture, Joinery, Light construction, Matches, Particleboard, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Veneer

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodSame as heartwood, Yellow.The grain isStriped figure, the textureMedium

Natural durability: Resistant to powder post beetles, Susceptible to insect attack

Kiln Schedules: UK=J US=T10D5S/T8D4S Fr=4

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Blunting Effect: Little

Gluing: Moderate gluing properties

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Holds satisfactorily

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Moderate working qualities

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy


Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Poor to Very Poor; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 496 kg/m3
Bending Strength 429 674 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness 144 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 93 kg/cm2
Stiffness 83 97 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Weight 480 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6111 9589 psi
Density 31 lbs/ft3
Hardness 319 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1334 psi
Stiffness 1188 1383 1000 psi
Weight 30 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 15-22 lbs/cu. ft.

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