Wood specie: Angelim Vermelho

Botanical name: Dinizia excelsa
Growth area: Brazil, Amazone area and the Guyanas

Botanical name:
Dinizia excelsa

Growth area:
Brazil, Amazone area and the Guyanas

Quality:
Nr. 1 Common & Better

Colour of heartwood:
Freshly sawn heartwood is yellow brown, usually with lines and often with an orange tinge, darkening into red brown.

Colour of sapwood:
The sapwood is a pinky colour and not always clearly distinct from the heartwood.

Mass density:
Fresh 1450 kg/m³

Grain:
Generally rather strong cross-grain

Smell:
Please note that Angelim Vermelho emanates a strong, urine-like smell that is particularly activated by contact with water (rain).

Mould and insects:
The wood is probably resistant to termite invasion

Fissure:
Risk of fissure during the drying process

Warping:
Low risk of warping, very stable.

Durability grade:
Presumably I

Gluing:
Probably good.

Machining:
In spite of the hardness, this wood is easy to machine. When planing, some tear-out may occur due to the cross-grain, but in general a smooth finish is easy to attain.

Dekker range:
Sawn 6 x 100 mm, 20 x 100 mm, 20 x 200 mm, 40 x 40 mm, 50 x 50 mm, 50 x 100 mm, 50 x 200 mm, 60 x 60 mm, 65 x 65 mm, planed 28 x 195 mm, 28 x 175 mm (sheet piling), 70 x 70 mm and 90 x 90 mm. Ready-made panels based on 20x100 mm elements.

Certification:
Also available with FSC certificate on supply.

General applications:
Heavy construction work including hydraulic works, bridges, ships, port installations and sheet pile walls. Furthermore for dragline mats, stone shapes, woven divider fences, wagon floors, work shop floors and work benches. Also suitable for soundproof screens, anti-parking posts, fruit tree posts etc. When applying angelim vermelho, remember it reacts with rain water, producing a bad smell - therefore not suitable for outdoor applications such as sitting benches. Angelim vermelho may be used and alternative to azobé