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PRH - Purpleheart
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Name
| Commercial Name |
Purpleheart
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| SBB Code |
PRH |
| Botanical Name |
Peltogyne venosa |
| Family |
Caesalpiniaceae |
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Properties
| Color |
brown beige when freshly cut, turns in deep purple upon exposure to light and darkens to dark brown |
| Grain |
Usually straight |
| Texture |
medium to fine |
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Technical Data
| Green density |
1.10 g/cm3 |
| Air dry density at 12% MC |
0.76 g/cm3 |
| Bending strength at 12% MC |
155 N/mm2 |
| Crushing strength at 12% MC |
79 N/mm2 |
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End Use
| Interior and exterior joinery, cabinet work, furniture, stairs, flooring, tool handles, billiard ue butts, carving, turnery, marquetry, laminated beams, sliced veneer |
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