Jatoba
Name
• Scientific: Hymenaea spp
• Spanish: Jatoba. Courbaril
Origin

Description of the wood
• Sapwood: Pinkish-white.
• Heartwood: Pinkish-brown to reddish-brown.
• Grain: Straight, sometimes slightly interlocked.
• Texture: Fine to medium.
• Characteristic defects: Growth stresses and stone inclusions.
Impregnation
• Sapwood: Moderately impregnable
• Heartwood: Poorly impregnable
Mechanization
• Sawing: No problems other than its hardness and some abrasiveness.
• Drying: Medium to slow. Slight risk of warping and cracking.
• Planing: Difficult due to its hardness, abrasiveness, and the risk of warping in pieces with interlocked grain. Machining should be done very slowly.
• Gluing: The tannins hinder good adhesion.
• Nailing and screwing: Due to its hardness, pre-drilling is recommended.
• Finishing: No special problems.
Applications
• Fine interior and exterior furniture and joinery.
• Turned and bentwood furniture.
• Interior carpentry: doors, stairs, paneling, moldings, baseboards, wainscoting, parquet flooring.
• Exterior carpentry: doors and windows.
• Interior and exterior structural carpentry.
• Decorative veneers.
• Cooperage.
Mechanical properties
• Static bending strength: 1,338 kg/cm²
• Modulus of elasticity: 180,000 kg/cm²
• Compressive strength parallel to the axis: 750 kg/cm²