Araucaria

The Araucaria Araucana, original of America, is in the south of Chile, between 700 to 1500 mts of altitude above sea level, forming extensive forests, with tendency to form pure associations, although común turns out to see it acompañada of Lenga, Ñirre, Cinnamon-coloured, Mañio or Ciruelillo (Notro). It grows normally on grounds of volcánico origin, in zones in which it receives abundant precipitación of snow in winter, but in general, not excessively húmedas.

Esta species, is a conífera of great beauty that gets to measure between 50 and 60 meters of height. It has a áspero, cilíndrico and naked trunk with semihanging branches that sólo grow in the superior end in horizontal form, covers of verticiladas leaves, rígidas, always green which they form a cónica glass and thickens; alimenticia.

Es has a fruit with a sweet almond very común to find individuals of 25 to 30 meters of height, with trunks that surpass one meter of diámetro, which can have an age of between 200 and 400 años. Longevo that can arrive at the 1000 años.

Su wood is of ocher yellowish color or cream is árbol enough, without diferenciación between whiteness and duramen. Their ring of growth is barely visible, which gives to its wood grained an opaque and devoid tone of. It is of homogénea fine texture, it has good características of trabajabilidad.

Es medium a light wood of contracción to great, is little durable, soft to semihard and presents/displays little mecánica capacity in realción to flexibilidad.

Sus main uses are fabricación of floors, coatings, mueblería, plates and plywood, carrocerías, windows, blinds, props, coatings of mines and all type of construcción, since its drying does not present/display mayores problems, he is permeable and one is thrown out of reach, dot and it varnishes without problems.