Garapa Hardwood Flooring and Decking
Garapa 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: Garapa is a South American wood with yellow to brown-yellow heartwood. Garapa decking has a medium luster, an interlocked grain, and a fine texture that accentuates the wood's rich gold and brown tones. The wood is also rated with a solid Janka hardness rating of 1,700, about 25% harder than Red Oak. Rated as durable and resistant to fungi and insects, Garapa exterior decking is an attractive and versatile option that is as resilient as it is beautiful.
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- Other Names: Apuleia leiocarpa, Grapia, Almendrillo Amarillo, Muirajuba, Cobre, Ana, Ana caspi, Gateado, Mapurite, Garapa Gold
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Garapa Scientific Properties and Technical Specifications
- Janka Hardness: 1,700 pounds
- Strength (MOR): 18,100 psi
- Stiffness (MOE): 1,835 1000 psi
- Density (KG/m3): 830
- Color: Heartwood is reddish-yellow with a whitish-yellow sapwood.
- Photosensitivity:
- Tangential Shrinkage: 10.0 %
- Radial Shrinkage: 6.5 %
- Family: Leguminosae
- Tree Characteristics: The Garapa tree can grow to a height of 100 feet and a diameter of 5 feet.
- Geographic Area: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela
- Texture: Fine to medium
- Grain: Straight
- Luster:
- Durability Rating: Rated as durable
- Drying Characteristics: Dries slowly
- Working Characteristics: Rated as moderately easy to work
- Applications: Decking, furniture, canoes, turnery, tool handles, railroad ties, joinery
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