Product Details
Ipe, Greenheart
Commercial Name
Ipe, Greenheart, Lapacho, Tabebuia
SBB Code
GRH
Botanical name
Tabebuia
International trade name
IPE
Family
Bignoniaceae
Wood description
Sapwood
Distinct, whitish or yellowish
Heartwood
Olive brown to blackish with lighter or darker streaks ( often covered with a green yellow powder )
Grain
Slightly to highly interlocked
Texture
Fine to medium
Technological Characteristics
Green Density
1.28 g/cm3
Air dry density at 12% MC
1.05 g/cm3
Bending strength at 12% MC
180 N/mm2
Crushing strength at 12% MC
97 N/mm2
Uses:
Industrial and parquet flooring, cabinets, sleepers, stairs, naval construction, hydraulic works, interior and exterior joine