qondio.com/vdQ1 PRINT EMAIL
Ausubo (Manilkara bidentata) rare hardwood Ausubo (Manilkara bidentata), is a large evergreen forest tree that was the most important timber tree of Puerto Rico in the past when it was widely available. This is no longer the case. It is the strongest and most attractive of commercial woods, used in the tropics for furniture, turnery, flooring, violin bows, and billiard cues, railway sleepers, bridging, and heavy construction. The heartwood is light red when cut and turns to dark reddish brown when dry. The sapwood is whitish to pale brown. The wood is very hard, strong, fine textured, durable and heavy, with a specific gravity of 0.85. See more here: http://www.eyeontherainforest.org/purchaselumber.php Contributor's Note At Tropic Ventures Sustainable Forestry Project in Puerto Rico, we harvested this Ausubo in November 2007. We are gasping at it's beauty as Andrés Rúa turns amazing bowls and boxes from it, and understand now why it was such a coveted wood aside from its strength and durability.

Images

Ausubo bowl, turned by Andrés Rúa

Contributed by 3t Vakil on March 1, 2008, at 10:52 PM UTC.

Reactions

No reactions yet.

Rate This Intel

Please login or sign up to rate this intel.

Comments

Please login or sign up to add a comment.

Share

Copyright Notice

The copyright for this content entitled "Ausubo (Manilkara bidentata) rare hardwood" has been specified by the contributor as:

All Rights Reserved

This content may not be copied, distributed or adapted by anyone under any circumstances.

Login Here with Any Email Address Any Password Remember login No account? Sign up.

Intel Contributor

This intel was contributed by 3t Vakil 3t Vakil

Qondio Archive

May, 2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2008 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December 2009 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December 2010 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December 2011 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December 2012 January, February, March, April, May

Sign Up

Not a member yet? Qondio is a powerful network for making it online. If you have a website to promote, we can help. Sign up and get in on the action.

About Qondio

Welcome to Qondio! Discover the awesome power this network can deliver by going to our About page. Or you could skip straight to the Sign Up form.