Garapa / Golden Teak

Technical species specifications for Garapa Hardwood Flooring from Fantastic Floor – Discount Exotic and Domestic Hardwood Flooring, Prefinished Solid Flooring, Unfinished Solid Flooring and Engineered Flooring.

Description

Garapa is a South American wood with yellow to brown-yellow heartwood. The wood has a medium luster, an interlocked grain, and a fine texture that accentuates the wood’s rich gold and brown tones. The wood is also rated with a solid Janka hardness rating of 1,700, about 25% harder than Red Oak. Rated as durable and resistant to fungi and insects, Garapa is an attractive and versatile wood that is as resilient as it is beautiful.

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Scientific Name, Other Names:

Golden Teak, Brazilian Ash, Grapia, Apuleia leiocarpa, Grapia, Almendrillo Amarillo, Muirajuba, Cobre, Ana, Ana caspi, Gateado, Mapurite

About:

Our Garapa is available in Unfinished and comes in Clear grade. The boards are 3/4″ thick, with a width of 5″, and random lengths from 1′ – 7′.

Applications:

Flooring, Exterior Decking, Exterior Jointery, Carpentry, Ship Building, Turned Goods, Furniture, Stairs, Tool Handles

Janka Hardness:

1,700 pounds

Strength (MOR):

18,100 psi

Stiffness (MOE):

1,835 1000 psi

Density (KG/m3):

830

Tangential Shrinkage:

10.0 %

Radial Shrinkage:

6.5 %

Family:

Leguminosae

Tree Characteristics:

The Garapa tree can grow to a height of 100 feet and a diameter of 5 feet.

Geographic Area:

Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela

Color:

Heartwood is reddish-yellow with a whitish-yellow sapwood.

Photosensitivity:

Very Little Change

Luster:

Medium

Grain:

Straight

Texture:

Fine to Medium

Drying Characteristics:

Dries Slowly

Working Characteristics:

Glues easily and stays in place. Garapa saws, nails and screws well with little to no blunting effect on tools.

Durability Rating:

Rated as Durable