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Breu Specie Technical Specifications - Nova specializes in Exotic Hardwood Flooring and Decking, Prefinished Solid Flooring, Unfinished Solid Flooring and Engineered Flooring, and Imported Plywood and Panels.

  • Description: Breu wood has a light brown coloring that can also contain shades of pink. The wood has a medium texture with a grain that can be both straight or interlocked. Breu has good workability ratings for peeling and nailing / screwing.
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  • Other Names: Protium spp., Carano, Anime, Currucay, Porokay
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Breu Scientific Properties and Technical Specifications

  • Janka Hardness: 1,520 pounds
  • Strength (MOR): 12,330 psi
  • Stiffness (MOE): 2,080 1000 psi
  • Density (KG/m3): 640
  • Color: Heartwood can be reddish-brown to brown with occasional dark brown lines. Sapwood is pinkish.
  • Photosensitivity:
  • Tangential Shrinkage: 10.0 %
  • Radial Shrinkage: 5.5 %
  • Family: Burseraceae
  • Tree Characteristics: The Breu tree can grow up to 90 feet high and up to 40 inches in diameter.
  • Geographic Area: Typically found throughout tropical America.
  • Texture: Fine to coarse
  • Grain: Irregular and interlocked
  • Luster: High
  • Durability Rating: Low resistance to decay fungi, dry-wood termite threat.
  • Drying Characteristics: Easy to moderately difficult drying.
  • Working Characteristics: Works easily, cuts easily but can veneers can buckle on drying.
  • Applications: General construction, sub-flooring,
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