PACHACO is a rather light, whitish tropical tree specie with comparatively low natural durability. The wood is used for door and window frames and mouldings. It has good
machining and finishing characteristics.
Some important physical and mechanical properties are:
Density at 12% moisture content........410 kg/m?
Radial shrinkage................................3,5%
Tangential shrinkage..........................6,8%
Tangential / radial shrinkage ratio.....2,0
Static bending ....................................569 kg/cm?
Compression parallell to grain ............364kg/cm?
Lateral hardness (Janka)..................... 231kg
1 Cont. 20' = 29 Mt3 aprox.