Tatajuba
Denominación.
• Scientific name: Bagassa guianensin Aubl. B. tiliaefolia R. Ben.
• Spanish: Tatajuba
Provenance
Description of the wood
• Sapwood: Creamy white.
• Heartwood: Yellow that turns dark brown with light.
• Fiber: Straight, often intertwined.
• Grain: Medium to coarse.
• Characteristic Singularities: Growth stresses.
Impregnation
• Sapwood: Moderately impregnable
• Heartwood: Little impregnable
Mechanization
• Sawing: No more problems than its hardness and the possible irritations produced by its dust. Risks of deformations due to internal tensions that suggest radial cuts.
• Drying: Medium to slow. Slight risks of deformations and fendes.
• Planning: Difficult due to its hardness and the risk of repelling in pieces with interlocking fiber. [Mecanización] should be carried out very slowly.
• Gluing: No difficulty.
• Nailing and screwing: Due to its hardness, it is advisable to make pre-drills.
• Finish: No special problems.
Applications
• Outdoor furniture.
• Interior furniture.
• Outdoor carpentry.
• Interior carpentry.
• Soils.
Mechanical properties
• Resistance to static flexion 1,350 kg/cm2
• Elasticity module 180,000 kg/cm2
• Resistance to compression 7800 kg/cm2
