Mobility C7:

Variation of wood properties and wood quality of different provenances of Caesalpinia platyloba S.Watt and Cordia dodecandra A.

Silvia Rebollar; U. Iztapalapa, Mexico

Bernhard Zimmer; Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria

Start: 1st of april 2006; >6 months;

GEMA Meeting at Orléans

Working area

Forest management program

Caesalpinia platyloba S.Watts

Forests of „Rancho el cedralito“

Caesalpinia platyloba S.Watts

Cordia dodecandra A.

Forests of „Rancho el cedralito“

Cordia dodecandra A.

Variation of wood properties and wood quality

• Caesalpinia platyloba („Chacte – viga“) and Cordia dodecandra

(„Siricote“) are two native tree species in Mexico. Both are not used

for plantations.

• valuable tree species producing wood with good characteristics and

properties;

• wood is currently used in building constructions, railway sleepers,

high quality furniture and handcrafts;

• the wood of both species shows a good possibility for the export to

the global market (especially Europe);

Objectives

Wood samples from different provenances (site conditions);

Forest inventory data are available

Investigations into: heartwood portion

heartwood colour

wood anatomy

physical properties (density, shrinkage)

mechanical properties (bending, hardness)

natural durability

Thank you for your attention

The results will be presented in the

next meeting