Brazilian woods

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Name ▲	Scientific name	Family	Hardness	Density	Shrinkage	Heartwood colour
Açacu	Hura crepitans	Euphorbiaceae	392 kgf	0.48 g/cm³	7.5 %	White PA
Axixá	Sterculia apeibophylla	Sterculiaceae	416 kgf	0.61 g/cm³	15.4 %	Brown PA
Breu	Protium heptaphyllum	Burseraceae	454 kgf	0.55 g/cm³	12.6 %	Brown PA
Burra-leiteira	Sapium marmieri	Euphorbiaceae	234 kgf	0.48 g/cm³	10.8 %	White PA
Cajá	Spondias mombin	Anacardiaceae	337 kgf	0.38 g/cm³	9.5 %	White PA
Cajuaçu	Anacardium spruceanum	Anacardiaceae	390 kgf	0.42 g/cm³	9.4 %	White PA
Caroba / parapará	Jacaranda copaia	Bignoniaceae	336 kgf	0.31 g/cm³	13.9 %	White PA
Castanha-de-arara	Joannesia heveoides	Euphorbiaceae	392 kgf	0.39 g/cm³	9.8 %	White PA
Caucho	Castilla ulei	Moraceae	277 kgf	0.47 g/cm³	16.1 %	White PA
Cedro	Cedrela sp.	Meliaceae	450 kgf	0.47 g/cm³	9.6 %	Pink PA
Faveira	Parkia multijuga	Mimosaceae	409 kgf	0.38 g/cm³	9.8 %	White PA
Faveira	Parkia nitida	Mimosaceae	413 kgf	0.50 g/cm³	7.9 %	White PA
Faveira / visgueiro	Parkia paraensis	Mimosaceae	399 kgf	0.49 g/cm³	11.9 %	Grey PA
Figueira / gameleira	Ficus insipida	Moraceae	212 kgf	0.45 g/cm³	14.1 %	White PA
Frei-jorge	Cordia sp.	Boraginaceae	420 kgf	0.58 g/cm³	11.4 %	Brown PA
Inga-de-porco	Albizia pedicellaris	Mimosaceae	484 kgf	0.61 g/cm³	11.0 %	Pink PA
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-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
Quaruba	Vochysia ferruginea	Vochysiaceae	322 kgf	0.48 g/cm³	14.1 %	Pink PA