Koto
Denominación.
• Scientist: Pterygota bequaertii De Wild
• Spanish: Koto. Pterygota
Provenance
Description of the wood
• Sapwood and heartwood: Creamy white to yellowish white.
• Fiber: Straight, often slightly intertwined.
• Grain: Medium to coarse.
Impregnation
• Impregnable
Mechanization
• Sawing: No problems.
• Drying: Average speed. High risks of deformations due to tiling and the appearance of fendas.
• Planning: No problems except the classic repelling in pieces with interlaced fiber.
• Gluing: No difficulties.
• Nailing and screwing: No difficulties.
• Finish: No difficulties.
Applications
• Interior furniture.
• Interior carpentry, doors, cladding, mouldings, skirting boards, friezes.
• Plywood board.
Mechanical properties
• Resistance to static flexion 1,000 kg/cm2
• Elasticity module 100,000 kg/cm2
• Resistance to compression 525 kg/cm2
• Parallel tensile strength 900 kg/cm2
