Barba timao (Jacaranda rhombifolia)
Family: Bignoniaceae
Common names: Barba timao
Distributed in: Belize, Brazil (Central America, Latin America)
Environment profile: Abundant/Secure
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm
Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterPronounced
Natural durability: Sapwood non-resistant to furniture beetles, Susceptible to insect attack
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly
Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting
Ease of Drying: Variable
Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as satisfactory
Blunting Effect: Moderate
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Holds nails well
Planing: Very Good to Excellent
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Responds Readily
Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy
Steam bending: Unsuitable
Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;
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