the Botanical name - Chloroxylon swietenia
Evergreen prickly tree in height of 1,5-4 m, with a pyramidal or sprawling crone from family rutovyh. Wildly grows in Sri Lanka and India, it is cultivated in many countries with a damp subtropical climate. It is assessed with high custom charges at export from countries of origin, therefore it is extremely expensive.
Colour of wood happens from yellow to creamy colour. That the citron has specks of beer wings, it is extremely decorative wood.
Application - the high-quality architectural purposes, is more in the North America and Australia, than in Europe. It is used within many centuries in creation of expensive furniture. Wood is very difficult in processing because of specific structure of growth, tools become stupid because of the big hardness of this wood. The citron dries slowly and, thus should not be subjected to influence of the sun and draughts. There is a tendency to checking and deformation. Before a covering poliuretanovymi varnishes drawing of the first coats excluding «podjig» wood is necessary.
Volume weight in an air-dry condition: 700-750 kg/cubic metres