Angelim Vermelho

Scientific name: Dinizia excelsa

 

Other common names:

Angelim, Angelim-falso, Angelim-ferro, Angelim-pedra, Angelim-pedra-verdadeiro, Angelim-vermelho, Dinízia-parda, Fava, Fava-carvão, Fava-dura, Fava-ferro, Fava-grande, Faveira, Faveira-carvão, Faveira-dura, Faveira-ferro, Faveiro-do-grande, Gurupá.

 

Tree:

Commercial height: 10.50m; Diameter: (DBH) 55.7cm; (DAB) 64.O cm; Trunk: straight; Buttress: from low to 2.70 m.

 

General characteristics:

Heartwood/sapwood: slightly distinct;

Thickness of sapwood: 5.0cm to 12.0cm;

Heartwood color: light reddish brown (5YR 6/3);

Sapwood color: reddish grey (5YR 5/2);

Growth rings: distinct;

Grain: interlocked; Texture: medium;

Tangential figure: caused by prominent vascular lines;

Radial figure: in wide longitudinal bands caused by growth rings Luster: moderate;

Odor: disagreeable and weak;

Resistance to manual cross-cutting: hard.

 

Preservation:

The heartwood is untreatable with creosote (oil-borne) or CCA (water borne).

 

Kiln drying:

Rapid (5.5 days) with slight tendency to medium warping and slight collapse Schedule used: SEVERE.

 

Workability/end-uses:

End-Uses: Heavy construction, light construction, boats, turnery, furniture framework and paneling.

 

Test	Planing	Sanding	Turning	Boring
Number of samples	6	-	14	14
Processing	Fair	-	Easy	Fair
Finishing	Very Bad	-	Excellent	Fair
Surface	Torn	-	Good	Fuzzy and torn

 

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Phisical Properties:

 

Density(g/cm3)				Shrinkage (%)			Shrinkage Tangential/ Shrinkage Radial
Dry	Green	Basic	12%	Tangential	Radial	Volumetric
0.97	1.26	0.83		9.50	5.70	14.50	1.67

 

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	1220	153	615	105	1019	1108
Dry	1600	173	873	151	1460	1381

 

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	53	75	134
Dry	39	67	180

 

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