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
Amora / amoreira	Maclura tinctoria	Moraceae	1164 kgf	0.91 g/cm³	9.4 %	Yellow PA
Angelim	Hymenolobium sp	Fabaceae	830 kgf	0.72 g/cm³	9.9 %	Brown 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
Castanha-de-arara	Joannesia heveoides	Euphorbiaceae	392 kgf	0.39 g/cm³	9.8 %	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
Louro	Ocotea sp	Lauraceae	567 kgf	0.71 g/cm³	9.9 %	Brown PA
Marupá	Simarouba amara	Simaroubaceae	439 kgf	0.38 g/cm³	8.8 %	White PA
Mogno	Swietenia macrophylla	Meliaceae	517 kgf	0.56 g/cm³	7.2 %	Yellow PA
Pau-de-jangada	Apeiba echinata	Tiliaceae	390 kgf	0.36 g/cm³	9.3 %	White 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
Tatajuba	Bagassa guianensis	Moraceae	1007 kgf	0.77 g/cm³	9.5 %	Yellow PA
Timborana	Pseudopiptadenia suaveolens	Mimosaceae	568 kgf	0.55 g/cm³	9.8 %	Brown PA
Urucu-da-mata	Bixa arborea	Bixaceae	396 kgf	0.32 g/cm³	9.1 %	Pink PA