Totara
Totara wood (Podocarpus totara) is a softwood weighing about 720 kg/m3.
Totara (Podocarpus totara) is a conifer of the family Podocarpaceae. Kew's Plants of the World Online gives its native range as New Zealand. Tropical Timbers of the World (Chudnoff, USDA Forest Service, 1984) covers Podocarpus timbers from the Indo-Malayan region, New Guinea, New Zealand and Fiji in a single sheet, including those known in New Zealand as totara, miro and matai. It describes them as pinkish, yellowish or orange brown, fine and even in texture and straight grained, with an air-dry density of 25 to 40 lb per cubic foot (about 400 to 640 kg/m3) depending on species. These figures are for the group, not for totara alone. The weight shown on this page does not come from a published source.
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Material Type:
Softwood
Durability Notes:
For Podocarpus timbers as a group, durability varies from non-durable to durable; the heartwood is reported to resist preservative treatment. (Source: Tropical Timbers of the World (Chudnoff, USDA Forest Service, 1984).) We have not found a durability rating for totara itself.
Seasoning:
For Podocarpus timbers as a group: generally seasons quickly with little or no degrade. (Source: Tropical Timbers of the World (Chudnoff, USDA Forest Service, 1984).)
Properties:
For Podocarpus timbers as a group: basic specific gravity 0.33 to 0.52 and air-dry density 25 to 40 lb per cubic foot (about 400 to 640 kg/m3), depending on species. They are reported to work readily in all hand and machine operations. (Source: Tropical Timbers of the World (Chudnoff, USDA Forest Service, 1984).)
Sustainability:
Podocarpus totara is assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (category read via GBIF).
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No suitable uses for this timber have been found. This database is constantly updated and uses for this timber will be added in the future.
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