SPECIE: CANARY WOOD - Centrolobium Microchaete
Applications
The heartwood is a red-orange, though it varies in its colour; the sapwood is yellowish. The texture is fine to medium; the grain straight to irregular; lustre is medium to bright; there is a peculiar aroma but no distinctive taste. The wood is heavy, hard, with moderate mechanical properties and very durable, especially if kept dry. It is used for making fine furniture; laminate sheets for decorative panels; lathe work; flooring blocks; railway sleepers; and is also used for fence posts, especially in marshy areas.
SPECIE: CEDAR - Cedrela Odorata
Applications
It is a pink to light red brown wood with the lightest sapwood. It has a medium grain and straight.
Furniture and fine cabinetry of interior and exterior. Sculpture. Coatings, moldings, skirting boards, friezes, doors and windows. Decorative plates and plywood board. Cigar boxes.
Naval building. Musical instruments.
SPECIE: CUMARU - DIPTERYX ODORATA
Applications
The wood of cumarú has the maximum quality and resistance in terms of floorings of outside it talks about, thanks to its resistance in front of any climate, to the excess of humidity and to the attack of insects or pests.
The most common applications of cumarú wood are usually in outdoor platforms, exterior and interior carpentry, doors, stairs, coatings, moldings, baseboards, friezes and above all parquet, interior and exterior joinery, decorative veneers, cooperage and including construction of structures for bridges, railway tracks, roof frames, columns and sports or mining structures.
SPECIE: IPE - Tabebuia
Applications
Veneer sheets, Parks and floors, Sleepers, Construction (structural and decorative use), Special and garden furniture, Terraces, Exterior floors, Decorative, Gardening and outdoor.
SPECIE: JATOBA - Hymenaea Courbaril
Applications.
The jatoba platform is without a doubt the main use of this wood, Manufacture of quality furniture or cabinetmaking. Both indoor and outdoor,Interior and exterior carpentry: doors, windows, moldings, friezes Manufacture of natural wood veneers, It is not ideal for the technique of unrolling but if by cutting to the flat, Construction of boats. Hand tools and handles, Musical instruments.
SPECIE: JEQUETIBA-CACHIMBO Cariniana Estrellensis
APLICATIONS
Civil constructions, carpentry, plywood, furniture.
Pinkish white, little contrast with the sapwood. Medium texture, irregular grain, slightly rough surface.
SPECIE: OAK - Amburana Cearensis
APPLICATIONS
Oak wood is known for its high strength and durability. Material used in floors, walls, doors and windows and even in complete buildings manages to give sophistication, professional design, quality and durability to their products.
It is a noble wood in the realization of beams for its high resistance to moisture and because it supports a large amount of load. Oak wood is used mainly for "finishes" (fine furniture, panels, interior coverings, etc.) and in the manufacture of compensated sheets, doors, windows, containers, curved pieces, frames, baseboards, moldings, floors and parquets.
SPECIE: SANTA MARIA - Calophyllum Brasiliense
Applications
It is used for railway sleepers, marine construction, ribs, masts, keels and boat floors, bridge structures, poles, general carpentry, interior and exterior construction, boards, pillars and scantlings, joinery, furniture, for ornaments and finishes, cabinets, musical instruments, slates, sheet metal, formwork, agricultural tool handles, and plywood, molded products, slatted boards, prefabricated floors, laminates for window frames, doors, floors and stairs. It is also considered good for paper pulp.
SPECIE: TORNILLO - Cedrelinga - Catenaeformis
Applications
It is one of the native Amazonian species, its use is typical and widespread in countries such as Peru and Bolivia, the density of wood is high. It is desired in its origin for the elaboration of deck floors, platforms, parquet and mainly wooden floor coverings. The Screw is a moderately heavy wood, it presents medium linear contractions and stable volumetric contraction. The mechanical resistance is at the limit of the average category. The wood is moderately easy to saw by its medium mechanical resistance. It presents good workability and appropriate finishing for the production of structural parts for the construction of houses, doors and windows. It dries quickly, it can withstand a strong schedule in artificial drying, taking approximately 55 hours, it is stable with low risk of warping. The sapwood is susceptible to biological attack, the pieces with sapwood need to be preserved by vacuum pressure system.