Cerejeira (Amburana cearenala)

The wood of the present and the future. A wood known also as Brazilian Oak or Blonde Mahogany. Attractive and stable, Cerejeira is a wood well worth it’s value.

• Family: Leguminosae
• Other Common Names: Amburana, Cumare, Palo trebol. Roble del pais (Argentina), Ishpingo (Peru), Brazilian Oak, and Blonde Mahogany.
• Uses: Construction, furniture, decorative veneers, and other applications requiring an attractive and dimensionally stable wood.
• Thicknesses: Available in 4/4, 6/4, and 8/4 Air-Dried and Kiln-Dried
  Grades: F1F & Better, Quarter Sawn, #1 Common & Better, #2 Common & Better, Select & Better.
• Distribution: Widely distributed in the dry regions of Brazil and Northern Argentina. In Peru, found in the tropical dry regions of the Huanuco Department of deep, well-drained soils.
• The Tree: Over 100 ft. in height and 2 ft. to 3 ft. in diameter, sometimes 5 ft.; boles are cylindrical with flutes to 3 ft.
  

The Wood

• General Characteristics: Heartwood yellowish or light brown, with a slight orange hue, darkening somewhat on exposure, not sharply demarcated from sapwood. Texture medium to coarse; luster medium to high; grain interlocked and irregular; mild to distinct scent and taste of cumarin or vanilla; rather waxy appearance, and feel.
• Weight: Basic specific gravity (oven-dry weight / green volume) averages about 0.55; 0.43 reported from Peru. Air-dry density range about 38 to 47 pcf.
• Mechanical Properties: (First set of values based on 2-in. standard, second set of values based on 2-cm standard.) Dry Janka side hardness 790lb.; air-dry Amsler toughness 154 in.-lb. (2 cm. specimen).
• Drying and Shrinkage: Reported to be easy to dry, though sometimes with fine end-checking. Shrinkage green to oven-dry: radial 2.3 to 3.0%; tangential 4/1 to 5/8%; volumetric 7.6 to 8.4%.
• Working Properties: Easy to work with machine or hand tools.
  Durability: Reported to have good resistance to attack by decay, fungi, and insects.