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Brazilian mahogany
Brazilian mahogany (Cariniana excelsa)

Family: Lecythidaceae

Common names: Brazilian mahogany, Jequitiba amarella, Jequitiba branca, Jequitiba rosa, Jequitiba vermelha

Distributed in: Brazil (Latin America)

Common uses: Boat building: framing, Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction

Environment profile: Rare

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isPurple, Redand the sapwoodRed, White.The grain isStraight, the textureFine to mediumand the lusterLustrous

Natural durability: Pinworms (ambrosia beetles) are commonly present, Susceptible to insect attack

Drying Defects: Discoloration, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Poor to Very Poor

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Sanding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Steam bending: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy ; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English


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