Name |
|
SBB Code |
KNH |
Commercial Name |
Kaneelhart (Licaria), Kingwood |
Botanical Name |
Licaria, Dalbergia cearensis |
Family |
Lauraceae |
Properties |
|
Color |
Dark purplish or reddish brown |
Grain |
Straigth or interlocked |
Texture |
Medium |
Tree size |
10 – 20 m |
Trunk diameter |
0.4 – 0.60 m |
Technical Data |
|
Green density (Kg/m3) |
900 |
Air dry density at 12% MC (Kg/m3) |
600 |
Bending strength at 12% MC (N/mm2) |
210 |
Crushing strength at 12% MC (N/mm2) |
120 |
Durability |
|
Dry wood borer |
moderate |
Fungi |
very good |
Termites |
moderate |
Treatability |
poor |
End Use |
|
Furniture, turnery, boat building, heavy construction, and parquet flooring, inlays, veneers, tool handles, and other small turned and/or specialty items. |