Description

Technical characteristics: hard and heavy wood. It has tannins and dyeing substances. The leaves, bark and wood have medicinal properties. Great resistance to blows, wear, fungus and insects.

Uses: construction of boats, docks, bodies, structures and turnery.

Technical data

Tree

– Height: 35m
– Diameter: 1.6m

Physical properties

– Density: 1,050 kg/m3
– Shrinkage: radial 4.5%; tangential 7.2%
– Durability: very high