Greenheart
Durability: Very Durable
Colour: Medium
Sizes available: 50, 75, 100, 150, 200 mm
| Trade Name: | Greenheart |
| Botanical Species: | Ocotea rodiaei |
| Other Names: | Sipiroe |
| Country of Origin: | Tropical South America, Guyanas |
| Weight: | Weight about 1030kgs/m³ (64lb/ft³) seasoned averaging 860kgs/m³ (54lb/ ft³) Specific gravity .86 |
| Durability: | Very Durable Almost immune to decay and termites. Extremely resistant to preservative treatment. |
| Strength: | SD1 |
| Seasoning: | ||
| • | Slow to season with a risk of splitting. | |
| • | Moves moderately once dry. | |
| Characteristics: | ||
| • | Light greenish yellow to dark olive-green, sometimes marked with brown or black streaks. | |
| • | Sapwood pale yellow in colour, shading gradually into the heartwood. | |
| • | Texture fine and even. | |
| • | Grain straight or interlocked. | |
| • | Bole 50-80 ft long, cylindrical, diameter 20-35 inches. | |
| Working Qualities: | ||
| • | Easily sawn, in spite of a slight blunting effect. | |
| • | Turns well. | |
| • | Planning is not difficult despite the high density of the wood and interlocked grain. | |
| • | Easy gluing. | |
| • | Pre-boring is recommended for nails and screws. | |
| • | Good nail holding | |
| • | Staining rarely necessary. | |
| • | Polishes satisfactorily. | |
| Uses: | ||
| • | A very heavy hard timber, suitable for use under exacting conditions. | |
| • | Outstanding in most of its strength properties. | |
| • | Available in very large sizes and long lengths, and is therefore suitable for piling, piers, lock gates, dock and harbour work. | |
| • | Useful for pier decking and hand rails, flooring and in engineering industry as bearers for engines. | |
| • | Gives good service in chemical plants for vats, filter press plates and frames. | |
| • | Suitable for joinery in both exterior and interior situations and used also for fishing rods and as centre laminates for longbow and general construction. | |
