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
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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
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