Jatoba
Durability: Durable
Colour: Dark
Sizes available: 25mm
| Trade Name: | Jatoba |
| Botanical Species: | Hymenaea courbaril |
| Other Names: | Locust, Courbaril |
| Country of Origin: | Central and South America, West Indies |
| Air Dry Density: | 910kgs/m³ |
| Durability: | Durable |
| Strength: | SD2 |
| Seasoning: | ||
| • | Rather difficult to dry, tends to be rapid with moderate surface checking and warping and a liability to case harden. | |
| • | Slow drying will overcome these tendencies. | |
| • | There is small movement in service. | |
| Characteristics: | ||
| • | The heartwood is salmon red to orange brown, marked with dark brown and russet brown streaks. | |
| • | The wood has a golden lustre. | |
| • | The grain is commonly interlocked with a medium to coarse texture. | |
| Working Qualities: | ||
| • | Moderately difficult to work because of its high density. | |
| • | It nails badly but has good screw holding, glues well. | |
| • | It has a moderate blunting effect on tools which must be kept sharp, and a reduced cutting angle of 20° will provide a smooth finish on the interlocked grain. | |
| • | The wood stains well but does not take a high polish. | |
| Uses: | ||
| • | Furniture, cabinet making, joinery and turnery. | |
| • | Its high shock resistance makes it ideal for tool handles and sports goods, excellent for flooring, stair treads, ship planking, gear cogs, wheel rims, looms, general building construction. | |
| • | Used for steam bent boat parts in place of oak. | |
| • | Lock gates in waters free from marine borers. | |
| • | Second growth timber has a wide sapwood of a grayish-pink colour which is sliced for decorative veneers for panelling and furniture. | |
| • | Decking | |
| Product Attributes: | ||
| • | Very strong, hard and tough. | |
| • | Very good bending classification. | |
| • | Very resistant to termites. | |
| • | Veneers available. | |
| Product Limitations: | ||
| • | Nails badly. | |
| • | Does not take a high polish. | |
