Wood Species

Name	Wood	Janka Rating
Curupixa		1490

Curupixa
Micropholis venulosa

Also known as: Apixuna, Caimitillo, Grumixava, Hacano, Moraballi, Riemhout

Origin: Central and South America

Appearance:

The sapwood of curupixa is light brown while the heartwood is brown to pinkish brown in color. The species has a wavy to straight grain, a moderate luster, and is fine textured.

Resistance, Durability:

Curupixa has a moderate to high resistance to fungus. The wood is reported to have no odor and air dries rapidly.

Janka Hardness: 1490

As a flooring choice, curupixa is one of the least hard and durable woods. It is nearly identical in hardness to hard maple, about fifteen percent harder than red oak, is roughly eighty percent as hard as hickory or pecan, and is almost exactly three quarters as hard as santos mahogany's ranking of 2200.

Workability:

Curupixa is easy to saw and work properly. This species holds both nails and glue well. This species sands fairly well and takes a good finish.

Main Uses:

Curupixa uses include flooring, plywood, paneling, window & door framing, and construction.

What is a Janka Rating?

"It is one of the best measures of the ability of a wood species to withstand denting and wear. It is also a good indicator of how hard a species is to saw or nail.

The hardness of wood usually varies with the direction of the wood grain.

A common use of Janka hardness ratings is to determine whether a species is suitable for use as flooring."

Colored Bamboo

Some species have different janka ratings depending on how they have been treated.

Bamboo is one example of this. If left with a natural finish, Bamboo falls at 1380 on the hardness scale. If you carbonize it to get a darker color, the rank falls to 1180.