Description

Technical characteristics: straight grained wood, medium to fine grained, knotless and heavy. It is extremely difficult to work. Long-lived, highly stable and highly resistant to attack by fungi and insects.

Uses: in the shipbuilding industry due to its great hardness and resistance and for high-quality furniture, doors, windows and stairs.

Technical data

Tree

– Height: 30m
– Diameter: 1.20 m

Physical properties

– Density: 790 kg/m3
– Contraction: radial 2% ; tangential 3%
– Durability: very high