Use

Parquet & floorboards, high-end gardening and landscaping, park benches, special applications such as longbows / sports bows & string bow construction (Pao d'Arco).

Origin

South America

Properties

Hard, weatherproof.

Certification

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Tajibo / Ipé / Lapacho

Names and distribution:

Botanically, Ipé(Tabebuia ipe and T. serratifolia) and Tajibo(Tabebuia impetiginosa) belong to the Bignoniaceae. Ipé’s natural habitat is the evergreen and semi-evergreen rainforest. Tajibo is more likely to be found in the evergreen rainforests of Mato Grosso and in large parts of Bolivia. Ipé, on the other hand, comes from Brazil. There is often no differentiation in the trade, as the woods practically do not differ in their utility value.

Wooden picture:

When fresh, Ipé is brown to red-brown, Tajibo is more brown to yellow-green, later darkening to brown-olive, occasionally also dark striped or black-olive. The structure of the wood is homogeneous and dense. The pores are fine and scattered. Frequently pronounced alternating torsion. Selected trunks can also have a straight, even growth habit. Ipé and Tajibo are rather plain but with a natural shine. Overall decorative to very decorative.

Properties:

The density of both woods at a moisture content of 12% varies between 0.96 and 1.02 ^t/m3. The swelling and shrinkage values are 6.5% tangentially and 5.2% radially. Despite its high density, the wood has a low shrinkage. Tajibo-Ipé can be dried without any significant problems; however, drying must be slow. The hardness is quite high in accordance with the density and is given as 42 N/mm2 Brinell across the fiber. The modulus of elasticity is 18,200 ^N/mm2, but can also be higher in some cases. Tajibo and Ipé are among the hardest woods in South America and are used wherever high-quality solutions are required.

Tajibo-Ipé is classified as weather-resistant (durability class 1), but not teredo-resistant, i.e. it is not suitable for use in contact with sea, salt and brackish water.

Use:

Parquet & floorboards, high-end gardening and landscaping, park benches, special applications such as longbows / sports bows & string bow construction (Pao d’Arco).

Replaced:

Teak, Iroko, etc.

References:

Dance floor, Club Med Euboea, Greece (2009)
Southern Havel Bridge in Berlin-Spandau (1999)
Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz, BerlinPrivate house Hofheim am Taunus
Extension of the Schiller National Museum (Marbach am Neckar)
Schöneck construction projectPrivate house in Bad Vilbel
Private Collection-Gallery, Berlin
Terrace private house Bad HomburgTraders Lounge, Frankfurt am Main
Terrace in Großkrotzenburg
Parquet, FRA Airport Terminal 1

Sources:

IBAMA (2002) Madeiras Tropicais Brasileiras
ATIBT (1990): Atlas de Maderas Tropicales de América Latina
BOLFOR (1998): Timber Sheets of Prominent Bolivian Timber Species

Note: according to the latest findings, but excluding any liability

Image 2: As a privacy screen element
Picture 3: Tajibo parquet
When fresh, Ipé is brown to red-brown, Tajibo is more brown to yellow-green, later darkening to brown-olive, occasionally also dark striped or black-olive.

References:

Dance floor Club Med Euboea, Greece

Manufacture and assembly of the dance floor (64^m2) by ESPEN, wood type: Tajibo-Ipé.

Ipé dance floor top right, terrace deck left.

Dance floor framed by Bangkirai terrace deck, separated with V2A profiles.

Ipé dance floor sealed
with waterproof special agent.

Ipé dance floor around pine tree (fall).

Terrace deck with pool.

Private house Hofheim am Taunus

Wood type: Tajibo-Ipé, surface smooth & oiled; supplied with the flooring: plinth and planters in the same wood.

Museum of Modern Art (extension to the Schiller National Museum) Marbach am Neckar

www.dla-marbach.de

Wood species: Ipé (Tajibo)
Components: Window elements, parquet, wall paneling, furniture
Architect: David Chipperfield, Berlin
http://www.architekten24.de/projekt/literaturmuseum-der-moderne-marbach/uebersicht/4263/index.html
Status 01.08.05: Start of expansion