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Clicking any heading in the main data area (at right) will scroll the page back to this top position. Use the following links to jump to the associated section in the main data. Comments Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Family Name Grain Heartwood Color Luster Natural Durability Numerical Data Planing Polishing References Regions of Distribution Response to Hand Tools Sapwood Color Scientific Name Strength Properties Synonyms Texture Toxicity Trade Name Tree Size Scientific Name Zollernia paraensis Trade Name Coracao de negro Family Name Leguminosae Synonyms Zollernia ulei Common Names Coracao de negro, Enemy, Macatahyba, Missutahyba, Mocitahyba parda, Mocitahyba preta, Mocitahyba vermelha, Mocitaiba preta, Mossotahyba, Muirapinima preta, Pao santo, Pau santo, Santowood Regions of Distribution Latin America Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Brazil Common Uses Billiard-cue butts, Boat building: framing, Brush backs & handles, Cabinetmaking, Door, Flooring, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Poles, Railroad ties, Structural work, Tool handles, Turnery, Vehicle parts, Veneer: decorative Heartwood Color Purple Red Brown Greenish to greyish Black Brown Sapwood Color White to yellow Well defined Grain Figure Interlocked Distinct (figure) Other (figure) Other figure Interlocked Distinct figure Texture Fine Medium Fine to medium Luster Low Lustrous Natural Durability Durable Very durable Resistant to attack from termites (Isoptera) Moderately resistant to marine borer attack Toxicity Dermatitic effects Tree Size Tree height is 20-30 m Comments General finishing qualities are rated as good Planing Easy to plane Response to Hand Tools Easy to Work Easy to machine Polishing Satisfactory results Strength Properties Density (dry weight) = >75 lbs/cu. ft Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu.ft Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Density 66 lbs/ft3 Weight 65 58 lbs/ft3 Item Green Dry Metric Density 1057 kg/m3 References Almeida, D.G. de, Costa, J.R. da,1956,Madeiras do Brasil. (Timbers of Brazil.,Min. Ag. Servico de Economia Rural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,pp56 Brazil -, I.B.D.F.,1980,Woods from Tucurui - characteristics and application,The Ag. Ministry Brazilian Institute for Forest Development Ducke, A.,1943,The Most Important Woods of the Amazon Valley,Tropical Woods,12(74,pp1-15 Edmondson, C.H.,1949,Reaction of Woods from S.America and Caribbean areas to Marine Borers in,Hawaiian Waters,Caribbean Foresters,10(1,PP37-41 Loureiro, A.A., Freitas da Silva, M.,1968,Catalogo das Madeiras da Amazonia (2 vols,Min. do Ultramar Belem Brasil Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University Press Record, S.J., Mell, C.D.,1924,Timbers of Tropical America,Yale Univ. Press Rizzini, C.T.,1978,Arvores e Madeiras Uteis do Brasil: Manual de Dendrologia Brasileira,Editora Edgard Blucher LTDA Brazil Wolcott, G.N.,1940,A List of the Woods arranged according to their resistance to the attack,of,the 'Polilla', the Dry-wood Termite of the West Indies, Cryptotermes,brevis Walker,Caribbean Forester,1(4,PP1-10 Wood, B., Calnan, D.,1976,Toxic Woods,British Journal of Dermat 94 Suppl. 13