Ipê

Scientific name: Tabebuia serratifolia

 

Other common names:

Canela-mandioca, Ipê, Ipê-amarelo, Ipê-dente-de-cão, Ipê-do-campo, Ipê-do-cerrado, Ipê-ferro, Ipê-ovo-de-macuco, Ipê-pardo, Ipê-preto, Ipê-roxinho, Ipê-roxo, Ipê-tabaco, Ipê-tabaco-claro, Ipeúna, Ipeúva, Ipê-vermelho, Lapacho, Madiocaí, Morototó, Opa, Pau-d'arco, Pau-d'arco-amarelo, Pau-d'arco-da-flor-amarela, Pau-d'arco-dente-de-cão, Pau-paratudo, Peúva, Piúna, Piúva, Piúva-amarela, Piúva-do-charco, Quinaquina, Tamurá-tuíra

 

Phisical Properties:

 

Density(g/cm3)				Shrinkage (%)			Shrinkage Tangential/ Shrinkage Radial
Dry	Green	Basic	12%	Tangential	Radial	Volumetric
0.99		0.89		6.30	4.70	10.10	1.34

 

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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	1467	121	737	195	1352	1316
Dry	1726	131	869	253	1480	1406

 

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	64		135
Dry	39		137

 

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