Sinval Marques¹, José Tarcisio de Oliveira²; ¹, ²UFES

The wood of Pau-Brazil (Paubrasilia echinata Lam.) was exhaustively explored in the colonial period for prodution of dye. Subsequently, it began to have other purposes such as the production of musical instrument bows.Currently, in view of the prohibition of the use of Pau-Brazil wood fromNatural forest, studies are being carried out in order to produce such timber sustainably through reforestation, as a future alternative to the supply of natural forest wood applications in the manufacture of instrument bows. In order for the reforestation timber to be conveniently used, it is necessary to characterize it in order to know the ideal age for the cut. The present study seeks to study the dendrometric, anatomical, apparent specific mass, retractibility and static flexion, by means of destructive and non-destructive methods, of Pau-Brazil wood from natural forest and Reforestation with ages of 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years.