FEATURES:

• Wood heavy, with good dimensional stability and mechanical properties of high to very high, and it´s Highly resistant to fungi.

CURRENT USES:

• Floors (parquet, machiembrado, flights of steps), general construction, wagon, inns, cabins, kitchen, stakes, furniture, mezzanines, roof structures, carpentry (divisions, closets, doors, baseboards).

RECOMMENDED USES:

• Woodworking luxury, heavy construction, trusses and decks of boats, decorative plates, interior lining, floors, coachwork, cross arms for poles, sleepers, beams, pieces of furniture, bridges.

AIR DRY DENSITY (g/cm3): 0.97

FEATURES:

• Wood moderately heavy, low dimensional stability and mechanical properties of medium

CURRENT USES:

• Floor, roof structures.

RECOMMENDED USES:

• Construction, flooring, general carpentry, coatings and sleepers.

AIR DRY DENSITY (g/cm3): 0.77

FEATURES:

• Wood moderately heavy, with very good dimensional stability and low mechanical properties.

CURRENT USES:

• Fine furniture, decorative veneers, joinery, interior construction, tool handles, carpentry work (doors, store displays, closets, kitchen, divisions, baseboards, frames, railings, pergolas, flooring, roofing and windows structures) moldings. It is considered thin, closer to the cold ground oak, and fourth in quality after mahogany, cedar and Tolua.

RECOMMENDED USES:

• Sporting, agricultural implements, decorative and industrial flooring, paddles, heads for firearms, carts, panels, heavy construction, turned articles, posts, plywood and decorative utility (rotary and sliced veneer), musical instruments, construction barge, particle board, bows for arrows. Can be used on outbuildings, provided no limiting natural durability and resistance.

AIR DRY DENSITY (g/cm3): 0.52-0.65

FEATURES:

• Wood moderately heavy, with good dimensional stability and mechanical properties of some medium to medium.

CURRENT USES:

• Fine furniture, flooring, joinery, interior cladding, lintels, doors, paneling, carving, turned items, tanks, barrels, laboratory facilities, masts and spars, struts in coal mines, ties, musical instruments (pianos, organs, harmonium keys and violins), pipes to snuff, fiber and particle boards. Dimensional stability, has become the only acceptable wood covered with good-sized boats and planes.

RECOMMENDED USES:

• stakes, decorative plates, shipbuilding (covers, linings, armor, fins, and other elements in contact with water), construction, outdoor, floors, marine piling, veneer and plywood, carpentry, cabinetmaking, musical instruments, toys.

AIR DRY DENSITY (g/cm3): 0.61

FEATURES:

• Wood light, low dimensional stability and low mechanical properties.

CURRENT USES:

• Finished carpentry, cabinetry, countertops, libraries, general carpentry (closets, kitchen, divisions, baseboards, handrails, pergolas, gates, doors, windows, veneer, boards), flooring, ladders, roof structures, sculptures, carving, moldings, bathroom furniture, musical instruments (guitars), interior decoration, boats, decorative veneers, plywood and furniture cast.

RECOMMENDED USES:

• Packaging fine luxury cabinetry, decorative panels, wood panels and cement and particles, crafts, turned items, agricultural implements, boat covers and liners, precision instruments.

AIR DRY DENSITY (g/cm3): 0.50

FEATURES:

• Wood moderately heavy, low dimensional stability and mechanical properties of medium.

CURRENT USES:

• Carpentry (frames, doors, closets, kitchens, doors), cabinetry, libraries, structures for ceilings, interior, standard buildings, wagon, boat, floors (parquet), cabinets.

RECOMMENDED USES:

• Special for beams and masts, sheets, molded products, cross arms, poles, pulp and musical instruments. The script has been recommended in the Netherlands as a substitute for oak (Quercus sp.) And Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) and in the U.S., the Cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) And the Black walnut (Juglans nigra L.)

AIR DRY DENSITY (g/cm3): 0.60

FEATURES:

• Heavy Wood, with good dimensional stability and mechanical properties somewhat high to high. Except for the tenacity that is average.

CURRENT USES:

• General Carpentry, luxury furniture, sporting goods and agricultural products, crates, countertops, kitchen, moldings, boats, boat parts, weaving machines, machinery parts, wheels of carts, construction of pianos, tool handles, poles, beams, decorative plates, crafts, turned parts, heavy traffic (floors, decks, stairs, divisions). When compared with the Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King).

RECOMMENDED USES:

• Civil and Hydraulic Constructions, bodies, beams, ties, steam-bent parts.

AIR DRY DENSITY (g/cm3): 0.92