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Jatoba

Trade name:

Courbaril, West-Indian Iocust, Imeneo

Origin:

Latin America (from Mexico to the Amazon Basin)

Color:

In fresh, moist state, it is light salmon-colored to yellowish brown, later is often darkens to between orange-brown and a deep copper color.

Characteristics:

Sporadically, dark brown, irregular bands of color about one centimeter wide appear, which make it very decorative.

Application:

In furniture making, for outdoor or indoor surfaces, depending on the pattern

Did you know ...

... that managed forests, thanks to their high proportion of young, strong, growing trees, enable CO2 to be extracted?

... that an old, unmanaged forest produces as much CO2 through processes of decomposition and decay as it stores, and that therefore an unmanaged forest contributes nothing to reducing global CO2?

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