Common Name(s): Tigre Caspi, Tiger Caspi

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Scientific Name: Zygia cataractae

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Distribution: Central and South America

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Color/Appearance: Heartwood is a yellow to golden or orangish brown, with irregular brown/black streaks. Grayish yellow sapwood is slightly paler than heartwood, and lacking contrasting streaks: not always immediately distinguishable from heartwood.  Overall appearance is very similar to Marblewood

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*Estimated hardness based on specific gravity

Modulus of Rupture: No data available

Elastic Modulus: No data available

Crushing Strength: No data available

Shrinkage: Radial: 7.6%, Tangential: 10.2%, Volumetric: 17.9%, T/R Ratio: 1.3