ÁRBOL DE HIERRO=ESPEJUELOS=BLACK WOOD

SE LE LLAMA ESPEJUELO PORQUE SUS HOJITAS EN PARES PARECEN LENTES,PALO DE HIERRO POR LO DURO.TODOS CREEN QUE LA MADERA FLOTA EN EL AGUAMESTA MADERA NO LO HACE,PORQUE ES MÁS DENSA QUE EL AGUA.TODO LO QUE SEA MÁS DENSO QUE EL AGUA SE HUNDE,A MENOS QUE NO USE A ARQUÍMIDES

 The heartwood is rich, orange-brown, the thin sapwood is lighter coloured.The wood is one of the densest in the world and the heaviest native wood in N. America It is close-grained; very fine-textured; exceedingly heavy; exceedingly hard; strong but brittle; very resistant to decay and attacks from dry-wood termites; finishes smoothly The wood is often of too small a size to be used for much more than posts, but where larger sizes are available it is valued for cabinet making, veneer, cross-tie