Technical specie specifications for Lapacho from Fantastic Floor - Discount Exotic and Domestic Hardwood Flooring, Prefinished Solid Flooring, Unfinished Solid Flooring and Engineered Flooring.

Lapacho Hardwood Flooring

  • Scientific Name, Other Names: Tabebuia spp, Ipe, Brazilian Ebony, Brazilian Walnut, Ironwood, Irontree, Tajibo, Guayacan, Lapacho, Arcwood
  • Description: Lapacho Ipe hardwood flooring, a Paraguayan Ipe, is incredibly durable. Its dense cell structure serves as a natural deterrent to insects, decay, and molds, ensuring that a Lapacho Ipe floor will last quite a while. More than just durable, Lapacho Ipe wood is also very pleasing to the eye. With a Class A fire rating, Lapacho Ipe hardwood occupies the same class of fire-retardant materials as steel. For durability, safety, and beauty, Lapacho Ipe floors make an excellent choice.
  • Janka Hardness: 3,684 pounds
  • Strength (MOR): 25,360 psi
  • Stiffness (MOE): 3,140 1000 psi
  • Density (KG/m3): 1,025
  • Tangential Shrinkage: 8.0 %
  • Radial Shrinkage: 6.6 %
  • About: Our Lapacho Ipe flooring is available exclusively in the prefinished format. The boards are 3/4" thick with available widths between 3" to 5" and random lengths from 1' - 7'. Our prefinished Lapacho Ipe flooring is available exclusively in clear grade.
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • Tree Characteristics: The Ipe Tree can grow to 140 to 150 feet heigh while the diameter of its trunk can measure up to 6 feet. The average height and diameter for the Ipe tree is 100 feet and 2 to 3 feet, respectively.
  • Geographic Area: Ipe can be found in some of the Lesser Antilles and throughout continental tropical America. The tree can typically be found in marsh forests or ridge tops and riverbanks.
  • Color: Ipe heartwood contains shades of black and greenish-brown with some striping. The sapwood can be white or yellow toned.
  • Photosensitivity: Lapacho Ipe's coloration is not greatly affected by light exposure.
  • Luster: Low to medium
  • Grain: Straight to very irregular
  • Texture: Fine to medium
  • Drying Characteristics: Air dries rapidly, exhibiting only minor warping and checking.
  • Working Characteristics: Ipe is rated as moderately difficult to work with, as it blunts cutting edges. It finishes smoothly with the exception of roey portions in the wood.
  • Durability Rating: Highly resistant to fungus and termites.
  • Applications: Railroad crossties, heavy construction, decorative veneers, tool handles, turnery, industrial flooring, flooring, decking, furniture

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