Andiroba

Scientific name: Carapa guianensis

 

Other common names:

Aboridã, Andiroba, Andiroba-aruba, Andiroba-branca, Andiroba-do-igapó, Andiroba-lisa, Andiroba-saruba, Andiroba-saruda, Andiroba-vermelha, Andirobeira, Andirobeira-branca, Andirobeira-vermelha, Camaçari, Carapa, Carapá, Carapinha, Caropá, Comaçari, Gendiroba, Iandiroba, Iandirova, Jandiroba, Jandirova, Landirova, Mandiroba, Nandiroba, Nandirova, Penaiba, Penaíba, Purga-de-santo-antônio, Purga-de-santo-inácio,

 

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Phisical Properties:

 

Density(g/cm3)				Shrinkage (%)			Shrinkage Tangential/ Shrinkage Radial
Dry	Green	Basic	12%	Tangential	Radial	Volumetric
0.63		0.56		7.00	4.60	11.80	1.52

 

Mechanical Properties:

 

State	Static Bending		Compression		Janka Hardness
	Modulus of rupture (kgf/cm2)	Modulus of elasticity (1.000kgf/cm2)	Parallel to the grain	Perpendicular to the grain	Parallel to the grain (kgf)	End to the grain (kgf)
			Maximum compression (kgf/cm2)	Stress at proportional limit (kgf/cm2)
Green	729	91	370	67	536	463
Dry	967	105	545	97	824	642

 

State	Tension	Cleavage strenght	Shear	Nail extration
	Perpendicular to the grain	Maximum compression (kgf/cm)	Maximum compression (kgf/cm)	Parallel to the grain (kgf)	End to the grain (kgf)
	Maximum compression (kgf/cm2)
Green	52		88
Dry			98

 

Source: Laboratory of Forest Products - IBAMA-Brasília-Brazil