BASRALOCUS

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BASRALOCUS

Thanks to their high resistance and durability, Angelique (Basralocus) is one of the few wood types strong enough to resist wood-destroying animals of the sea.

Description

Botanical name: Dicorynia guianensis
Overall character: Despite the coarse pores, this is a very even wood with a reddish to brown, semi-matte tint (when dry).
Color and structure: 3 to 6 cm wide splint with light grey fresh wood that later gets a yellowish to light brown color. The heartwood clearly sets itself apart with a pink to light reddish brown color (occasionally with darker stripes). Once dried, the wood darkens and develops a brown to violet-brown tint with a slight shine.
Characteristics/features: Moderately heavy to heavy wood with high strength properties, one should stress good elasticity and relatively low splitting resistance.
Areas of use: The previous use of Angelique was mainly limited to the use as hydraulic timber for impalement sheet piling, lock gates and more, because the dry timber usually doesn’t require any processing beforehand.
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CUMARU

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CUMARU

Cumarú is a well-known tree, that is especially valuable because of the various medical properties of its tonka bean seeds. The glycoside Cumarin found in them is used (in some countries under strict conditions) as a scent and aromatic substance in perfumery.

Description

Botanical name: Dipteryx odorata
Overall character: This wood has a simple and modest look. Its color and structure are usually homogenous, with a medium texture and particularly high density. The alternating spiral growth causes a glossy appearance.
Color and structure: Fresh heartwood is a yellowish-red to violet-brown. It later turns into yellowish brown to olive brown, frequently with streaks of color. It is mostly contrasts from the narrow, yellowish white to light brown splint.
Characteristics/features: Due to the very good resistance to wood-discoloration and wood-destroying fungi and insects, untreated Cumaru can be used for long-term outdoor use.
Areas of use: Used as a construction wood in outdoor areas for applications that are highly strained mechanically and biologically, and that do not require high dimensional stability. Areas of use include bridges, sleepers, floating docks, locks and hydraulic engineering (safe only in fresh water!).
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GARAPA

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GARAPA

Garapa is one of the few timbers with a light, warm colouring in combination with a high natural durability and mechanical strength. This wood is not available in large quantities, so its use has mostly been limited to its countries of origin.

Description

Botanical name: Apuleia leiocarpa
Overall character: This wood has a simple and modest look. Its color and structure are usually homogenous, with a fine to medium texture and high density. It sometimes appears to have glossy stripes and other striking lighting effects.
Color and structure: Fresh heartwood starts off with a honey color that turns into a yellowish brown. The sapwood has a creme color that isn’t always easily distinguishable from the heartwood.
Characteristics/features: Resistance to wood-discoloration and wood-destroying fungi and insects is very variable, the classification of the wood ranges from highly durable to moderately durable.
Areas of use: Suitable as a construction wood for indoor and outdoor application (no ground contact) that requires a medium mechanical and biological strain. Also usable for gardening and landscaping.
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IPE

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IPE

Among the various kinds of wood from the Tabebuia genus, woods belonging to the Lapacho group stand out because of their excellent biological, physical and mechanical characteristics.

Description

Botanical name: Tabebuia serratifolia
Overall character: This wood has a simple and modest look. Its color and structure are usually homogenous, with a fine to medium texture and a particularly high density. The alternating spiral growth causes a glossy appearance on radial surfaces.
Color and structure: Fresh heartwood has a light brown to light yellowish-green shade that later turns dark brown to olive. It is clearly contrasts from the generally narrow, yellowish-grey sapwood.
Characteristics/features: The heartwood has a good resistance to wood-destroying fungi and termites and can be used for long term outdoor application without further care.
Areas of use: Used as construction timber in exterior construction and in port engineering for building elements that experience medium to high strain. In addition, it is used for terrace boards, mole decks, noise and sight protection walls, fence systems and for horse stalls.
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JATOBA

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JATOBA

The majority of Hymenaea timber currently available on the market originates from Brazil, which is its main habitat.

Description

Botanical name: Hymenaea courbaril
Overall character: Copper to brownish violet colored heavy timber with a porous structure and a matt lustre finish.
Color and structure: The sapwood is about 6 to 12 cm wide, white to beige and separated from the core in color. The core is orange to reddish brown/violet-brown and can be very dark with thin veins in different intensities of color.
Characteristics/features: The natural durability of Jatobá varies depending on species and origin and has a class 1-3 (moderate to very good resistance to wood-destroying fungi) durability pursuant to DIN EN 350-2 (unlisted).
Areas of use: This wood can be used indoors as well as outdoors for carpentry of all kinds. It is applied in high-quality furniture making, flooring (especially for solid wood parquets) in industrial areas, and in the construction of stairs.
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MASSARANDUBA

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MASSARANDUBA

Woods from the Manilkara genus are widespread in tropical regions of Southeast Asia, Africa and South as well as Central America. The supply on the German market, however, is almost exclusively imported from South America.

Description

Botanical name: Manilkara bidentata
Overall character: The color and structure of this wood are usually homogenous, with a fine texture and extremely high density. The appearance varies according to the fibre orientation and reaches from simple and sleek to decorative.
Color and structure: The heartwood starts out in a flesh-red color, then darkens and turns dark brown. It is distinctly contrasted from the narrow, reddish-grey sapwood.
Characteristics/features: Due to the very good resistance to wood-discoloration and wood-destroying fungi and insects, untreated wood can be used for long-term outdoor use.
Areas of use: Used as a construction wood in indoor and especially outdoor areas that do not require special dimensional stability. Areas of use include for bridges, floating docks, and hydraulic engineering (safe only in fresh water!).
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