BOTANICAL NAME: Euxylophora paraensis of the family Rutaceae

COMMON NAMES: yellowheart, amarello, Brazilian satinwood, yellow satinwood, satinwood, pequia setim, lima orana, limao-rana, pau setim, boxwood, canary wood or sateen. The name "yellowheart" is very commonly used for it in the U.S.

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COLOR: heartwood is a bright yellow colour, darkening a little on exposure to sunlight and there is little differentiation between heartwood and sapwood, or between spring and summer growth rings. The colour is very consistent across the wood.

Not quite as bright a yellow as osage orange, and not as hard, but more uniform in color and less expensive and does not change color as much with aging.

GRAIN: Fine, uniform, straight grain (very ocassionally, wavy --- see web quote below on pau setim)

TEXTURE: medium and uniform

PROPERTIES / WORKABILITY: works easily with hand and power tools. Slight blunting effect on cutters. It nails adequately, glues easily and sands to a high polish.

DURABILITY: somewhat durable and has some natural resistance to decay

FINISH: this is not an oil wood, so it finishes with relative ease and fine sanding produces a nice sheen

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ODOR: no distintive taste or odor

SOURCES: confined to non-inundated lands of the lower Amazon region in the State of Para, Brazil

USES: used as a craftwood and for cabinets, furniture, toys, sports goods, parquet flooring, decorative turnings, brush handles, decorative veneer, marquetry and in inlays when a colour contrast is desired. Its bright yellow colour gives it great appeal for speciallty woodworkers that are looking for a wood to highlight their woodcraft project

TREE: trees can grow to more than 130 feet tall and 30" in diameter. It has large leaves upwards of 10" long and 4" wide. It has a wonderful show of creamy white, fragrant flowers.

WEIGHT: 45 to 55 lbs per cubic foot

DRYING: Seasons well with little tendency to checking or cracking

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