BTM - Bostamarinde

Name  
SBB Code BTM
Commercial Name Bostamarinde (Marblewood),  Angelim Rajado
Botanical Name Pithecellobium corymbosum
Family Leguminosae
Properties  
Color Orange – Yellow
Grain Straigth or interlocked
Texture Medium
Tree size 20 – 30 m
Trunk diameter 0.25 – 0.60 m
Technical Data  
Green density (Kg/m3) 900
Air dry density at 12% MC (Kg/m3) 650
Bending strength at 12% MC (N/mm2) 150
Crushing strength at 12% MC (N/mm2) 83
Durability  
Dry wood borer Class S - Susceptible
Fungi Class 3 - Moderately durable
Termites Class D - Durable
Treatability Class 3 - Poorly permeable
End Use  
Current furniture or furniture components, Interior panelling, Cabinetwork (high class furniture), Sliced veneer, Flooring, Wood-ware, Turned goods, Hydraulic works (seawater).