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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. Boring Carving Comments Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Distribution Overview Drying Defects Ease of Drying Environmental Profile Family Name Grain Heartwood Color Luster Mortising Moulding Natural Durability Numerical Data Planing References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Impregnation Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sapwood Color Scientific Name Strength Properties Texture Trade Name Tree Identification Tree Size Turning Scientific Name Macrolobium acaciaefolium Trade Name Arapari Family Name Leguminosae Common Names Arapari, Arapari da varzea, Arapari verdadeiro, Ararapari e paracaxi, Faua de tambaqui, Faveira, Pashaco, Raparigueira, Sarebebe, Water wallaba Regions of Distribution Latin America Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname Common Uses Boxes and crates, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Pulp/Paper products Environmental Profile Questionable Extinct Endangered Distribution Overview Amazon region Heartwood Color Brown Black Yellow Green Purple Reddish brown Brown Sapwood Color White Green Different than heartwood Clearly differentiated from the heartwood Grain Figure Even Other (figure) Straight Other figure Straight Texture Fine Even or uniform Medium Medium coarse to coarse Fine to medium Luster Medium Low Slightly lustrous Lustrous Natural Durability Durable Very durable Durable Resistant to attack from termites (Isoptera) Resistant to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles Non durable Drying Defects Checking Distortion Ease of Drying Rapidly Reconditioning Treatement Little degrade Tree Identification Bole/stem form is not buttressed Tree Size Tree height is 20-30 m Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm Comments General finishing qualities are rated as good General finishing qualities are rated as satisfactory Boring Fairly easy to very easy Carving Fairly Easy to Very Easy Cutting Resistance Easy to saw Mortising Fairly Easy to Very Easy Moulding Fairly Easy to Very Easy Planing Poor to Very Poor Results Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Resistance to Impregnation Resistant heartwood Resistant sapwood Response to Hand Tools Responds Readily Moderate working qualities Routing & Recessing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Turning Fairly Easy to Very Easy Strength Properties Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft. Density (dry weight) = 53 - 60 lbs/cu. ft. Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Density 47 lbs/ft3 Weight 46 37 lbs/ft3 Item Green Dry Metric Density 753 kg/m3 References Erfurth, T., Rusche, H.,1976,The Marketing of Tropical Wood B. Wood Species from S. American Tropical,Moist Forests,F.A.O. Forestry Department Fanshawe, D.B.,1954,Forest Products of British Guiana Part 1 Principal Timbers,Forest Department British Guiana Forestry Bulletin (New Series 2nd,Edition,No.1 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