Quira
Working Properties: Platymiscum pinnatum is easy to work, finishing nicely, and responds well to glues.
Uses: Widely employed in fine furniture, cabinetry, musical instruments, turnery, joinery, and pool cues. It is an excellent choice for interior flooring. Moreover, it serves as an outstanding substitute for Cocobolo and other restricted Rosewood species.
Uses: Because it tends to be slightly harder and denser than rosewood, the tone can produce a little extra chime. Quira is informally considered a type of rosewood. Sonically, it's comparable to Indian rosewood, but it's harder and denser, yielding an additional bell-like ring.
Scientific Name: Platymiscum pinnatum
Other Common and Commercial Names: Macawood, Granadillo (Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras), Coyote, Cristobal (Nicaragua, Costa Rica), Trebol, Guayacan trebol (Colombia), Roble (Venezuela), Koenatepi (Surinam), Macacauba, Jacaranda do brejo (Brazil), Cumaseba (Peru).
Appearance: Platymiscum pinnatum displays a range of colors, from burgundy to reddish-brown to violet. Plain sawn faces exhibit nicely figured black-streaked grain patterns. The wood carries a distinctive and pleasant fragrance.
Characteristics: This wood is heavy and hard, showcasing low linear shrinkage and stable volumetric shrinkage. It boasts high mechanical resistance and undergoes a slow natural drying process, responding well to artificial drying.
Weight: The basic specific gravity (ovendry weight/green volume) varies from 0.73 to 0.94, with an air-dry density ranging from 55 to 73 pcf.
Janka Rating: 2450
Temperature: 2.3 kJ/(kg·K)
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2.3 kJ/(kg·K)