Brazilian woods

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Name ▲	Scientific name	Family	Hardness	Density	Shrinkage	Heartwood colour
Itaúba	Mezilaurus lindaviana	Lauraceae	452 kgf	0.68 g/cm³	11.6 %	Brown PA
Leiteiro	Sapium glandulosum	Euphorbiaceae	278 kgf	0.52 g/cm³	12.1 %	White PA
Louro-preto	Ocotea fragrantissima	Lauraceae	489 kgf	0.58 g/cm³	10.1 %	Yellow AM
Louro-vermelho	Sextonia rubra	Lauraceae	342 kgf	0.55 g/cm³	11.2 %	White PA
Marupá	Simarouba amara	Simaroubaceae	439 kgf	0.38 g/cm³	8.8 %	White PA
Morototó	Schefflera morototoni	Araliaceae	489 kgf	0.48 g/cm³	15.7 %	White PA
Pau-de-jangada	Apeiba echinata	Tiliaceae	390 kgf	0.36 g/cm³	9.3 %	White PA
Pequiá	Caryocar villosum	Caryocaraceae	496 kgf	0.78 g/cm³	12.6 %	Brown PA
Pinho-cuiabano	Schizolobium parahyba	Caesalpiniaceae	457 kgf	0.47 g/cm³	11.1 %	Brown AM
Quaruba	Vochysia ferruginea	Vochysiaceae	322 kgf	0.48 g/cm³	14.1 %	Pink PA
Roxinho	Parkia sp	Caesalpiniaceae	245 kgf	0.32 g/cm³	8.1 %	Purple PA
Sumaúma	Ceiba pentandra	Bombacaceae	236 kgf	0.29 g/cm³	9.3 %	White PA
Tamboril	Enterolobium maximum	Mimosaceae	393 kgf	0.40 g/cm³	6.7 %	Brown PA
Tauari-vermelho	Cariniana micrantha	Lecythidaceae	467 kgf	0.68 g/cm³	13.9 %	Brown RO
Taxi-branco	Tachigali cavipes	Caesalpiniaceae	461 kgf	0.55 g/cm³	9.7 %	Grey AM
Ucuúba / virola	Virola multicostata	Myristicaceae	326 kgf	—	—	Brown AM
Ucuubarana	Osteophloeum platyspermum	Myristicaceae	444 kgf	0.59 g/cm³	10.8 %	Brown PA
Urucu-da-mata	Bixa arborea	Bixaceae	396 kgf	0.32 g/cm³	9.1 %	Pink PA
Virola / ucuúba-cheirosa	Virola surinamensis	Myristicaceae	410 kgf	0.44 g/cm³	12.0 %	Brown AM