Timber

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  Doussie

  Brand names: Chanfuta, Afzelia
  Botanical name: Afzelia africana, bella, bipindensis, pachyloba
  Family: Caesalpiniaceae
  Appearance: Africa

  Description of wood Colour
  golden brown to light red

  Technical parameters
  Specific weight with moisture content 12%: 750 kg/m3
  Tangential shrinkage (%): 4,6
  Radial shrinkage (%): 3,1

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  Ipe

  Brand names: Lapacho, Puy, Ironwood
  Botanical name: Tabebuia spp.
  Family: Bignoniaceae
   Appearance: South America

  Description of wood Colour
  brown, yellow-olive-brown

  Technical parameters
  Specific weight with moisture content 12%: 1050 kg/m3
  Tangential shrinkage (%): 6,5
  Radial shrinkage (%): 5,2

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  Iroko

  Brand names: Kambala, Abang
  Botanical name: Chlorophora excelsa; regia
  Family: Caesalpiniaceae
  Appearance: Central Africa

  Description of wood Colour
  yellow-brown

  Technical parameters
  Specific weight with moisture content 12%: 650 kg/m3
  Tangential shrinkage (%): 5,5
  Radial shrinkage (%): 3,5

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  Jatoba

  Brand names: Jutai
  Botanical name: Hymenaea courbaril; interrnedia, martiana
  Family: Bignoniaceae
  Appearance: South America

  Description of wood Colour
  purple-brown, red-brown

  Technical parameters
  Specific weight with moisture content 12%: 955 kg/m3
  Tangential shrinkage (%): 7,1
  Radial shrinkage (%): 3,8

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  Merbau

  Brand names: Kalabau, Mirabow
  Botanical name: Intsia bijuga, Afzelia bijuga, Intsia palernbanica
  Family: Erythroxylanceae
  Appearance: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand

  Description of wood Colour
  brown, brown-red

  Technical parameters
  Specific weight with moisture content 12%: 830 kg/m3
  Tangential shrinkage (%): 4,4
  Radial shrinkage (%): 2,7

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  American valnut

  Brand names: North american valnut, Black valnut
  Botanical name: Juglans nigra
  Family: Juglandaceae
  Appearance: North America

  Description of wood Colour
  various shades of brown: from light to chocolate brown with various characteristics

  Technical parameters
  Specific weight with moisture content 12%: 580 kg/m3
  Tangential shrinkage (%): 7,8
  Radial shrinkage (%): 5,5

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  Palisander

  Brand names: Sono Keling, Palisander indonezyjski
  Botanical name: Dalbergia latifolia
  Family: Fabaceae
  Appearance: South Asia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia

  Description of wood Colour
  very diverse from yellow-brown to dark violet and dark brown

  Technical parameters
  Specific weight with moisture content 12%: 870 kg/m3
  Tangential shrinkage (%): 5,1
  Radial shrinkage (%): 2,1

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  Sapelli

  Brand names: Sapele, Penkwa, Muyovu
  Botanical name: Entandrophragma cylindricum sprague
  Family: Meliaceae
  Appearance: Eastern, Central and West Africa

  Description of wood Colour
  reddish brown through to pinkish brown

  Technical parameters
  Specific weight with moisture content 12%: 680 kg/m3
  Tangential shrinkage (%): 7,7
  Radial shrinkage (%): 5,3

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  Sucupira

  Brand names: Cutiúba, Macanaíba, Matanaíba, Sapupira
  Botanical name: Bowdichia nitida
  Family: Fabaceae
  Appearance: South America

  Description of wood Colour
  dark brown to reddish brown

  Technical parameters
  Specific weight with moisture content 12%: 915 kg/m3
  Tangential shrinkage (%): 7,1
  Radial shrinkage (%): 4,9

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  Teak

  Brand names: Tek, Teck
  Botanical name: Tectona grandis
  Family: Verbenaceae
  Appearance: India, Indonesia, Thailand

  Description of wood Colour
  yellow-brown

  Technical parameters
  Specific weight with moisture content 12%: 670 kg/m3
  Tangential shrinkage (%): 4,7
  Radial shrinkage (%): 2,6

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  Wenge

  Brand names: Panga-Panga
  Botanical name: Millettia laurentii
  Family: Fabaceae
  Appearance: Africa

  Description of wood Colour
  dark brown, black

  Technical parameters
  Specific weight with moisture content 12%: 870 kg/m3
  Tangential shrinkage (%): 9,1
  Radial shrinkage (%): 5,9