Ipé

  • BOTANICAL NAME Tabebuia Serratifolia spp.
  • OTHER NAMES Lapacho
  • GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN Central and South America
  • FAMILY Bignonoiaceae
  • DESCRIPTION OF WOODSapwood: Yellowish white – Heartwood: Dark brown with a greenish tint very characteristic – Fiber: Straight, with frequency interwoven or very interwoven – Grain: Fine to medium

Characteristics and mechanical behavior

Apparent density to 12% degrees of humidity: 1050 kg/m3.
It is an HARDWOOD.

Wood estable and without trend to present deformaciones by atejamiento or abarquillado, is to say, go little affected by the changes in the level of humidity. Can consider very resistant to the action of funguses, insects and termitas, presenting a high durability. His seven different tones, give him to the tarima an interesting and elegant appearance once installed.

  • Sawed Precise of a powerful saw
  • Screwed It presents difficulty, previously you must drill
  • Toothbrushing Difficult by his hardness and by overhead risk of repel
  • Molded Difficult
  • Turning It is necessary to realize previous drilling
  • Polishing Good
  • Coating Good
  • Glued Delicate

Main uses and applications

  • Furniture and ebanistería
  • Chapas decorative
  • Carpentry to arm
  • Inner Carpentry: staircases, molduras, etc.
  • Sleepers
  • Industrial soils
  • Naval Building, hydraulic works
  • Sticks
  • Cut and sculptures
  • Handles of tools
  • Musical Instruments
  • Fund of containers and embalajes