Area of Distribution
North of Argentina

Logs
Length to 4 m, average diameter: 35 cm

Timber with fine texture, irregular grain and dark brown colour.
Guyacan is truly an exceptional wood ('Argentine brown ebony'). The hardest of all Argentine woods offers very good stability and excellent resistance to weathering. Due to the hardness it can be finished to a high lustre.

Properties
Density .................................................................... 1.180 kg/m³
Shrinkage radial ................................................................ 5,5%
Shrinkage tangential ........................................................ 6,4 %
shrinkage in volume .......................................................... 14 %
shrinkage ratio (T/R) ...................................................... 1,16
E-Modulus ........................................................... 15.696 N/mm²
bending strength ..................................................... 150 N/mm²
compression strength (parallel) ................................ 84 N/mm²
Hardness (Janka) ............................................... 17.168 N/cm²
Durability (fungi, insects) .................................... very durable

Uses
Turnery, poles, flooring, parts for music instruments.

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