the Botanical name - Cordia ssp., Nectandra ssp., Ocotea ssp.
Other names - Lauro Pardo, Kordia.
Growth places - tropical, Central and the South America, especially Ecuador and Brazil. The set of various botanical sorts is grown up and sold as lauro-preto. Because of it it is impossible to isolate one separate version of this wood.
Colour of wood very beautiful, from brown to olive-brown in which various structures intertwine.
Despite some hardness, lauro-preto it is easily processed by all tools, but tools from firm alloys are recommended. To avoid a tension and surface checking, to dry it is necessary slowly and carefully. Strogannye surfaces need to be pickled carefully, a time should be cleared away and filled in napolnitelem. After this processing any type of superficial furnish can be applied without special problems. Application: architectural derevoobrabotka and furniture mass production. It is less known in Europe. It is used in the South America as deck boards in shipbuilding.