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Comments
Common Names
Countries of Distribution
Distribution Overview
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying
Environmental Profile
Gluing
Grain
Heartwood Color
Kiln Drying Rate
Luster
Nailing
Natural Durability
Numerical Data
Odor
Polishing
References
Regions of Distribution
Resistance to Impregnation
Response to Hand Tools
Sapwood Color
Scientific Name
Steam Bending
Texture
Toxicity
Trade Name
Tree Size
Turning
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Common Names
Aceituna blanca, Aceituna cimarrona, Blueberry, Bois blanc, Bois bleu, Caca rat, Candlewood, Cauna, Ciponima, Graines Bleues, Horse sugar, Kakarat, Martinique sweetleaf, Sweetleaf, White beech, White box, Whitewood, Yellow wood
Regions of Distribution
Central America
Countries of Distribution
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Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago
Environmental Profile
| Widespread |
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| Globally secure |
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| Abundant |
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Distribution Overview
The species occurs in Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Tortola, nearly throughout Lesser Antilles from Saba to Grenada, and Trinidad & Tobago. It is also found in Central America in Belize, and in Guyana and French Guiana. It is also widely distributed in moist to moderately dry forests at low to high elevations in Puerto Rico.
Heartwood Color
| Brown |
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| Black |
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| Green/grey |
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| Yellow |
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| Orange |
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| Yellow |
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| Whitish |
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| Brown |
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Sapwood Color
| White |
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| Yellow |
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| Pink |
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| Same as heartwood |
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Grain
| Generally straight, but not always |
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Texture
Luster
Natural Durability
| Very durable |
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| Durable |
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| Susceptible to insect attack |
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| Resistant to termites |
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| Non-resistant to powder post beetles |
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| Resistant to powder post beetles |
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| Heartwood has very little resistance to decay |
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Odor
| No specific smell or taste |
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Toxicity
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying
| Moderately Difficult to Difficult |
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| Fairly Easy |
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| Rapidly |
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| Slowly |
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Kiln Drying Rate
| Naturally dries quickly |
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| Naturally dries at a moderate speed |
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Tree Size
| Bole length is 10-20 m |
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| Tree height is 30-40 m |
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| Sapwood width is 5-10 cm |
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| Sapwood width is 0-5 cm |
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| Bole length is 20-30 m |
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| Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm |
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Comments
Wood is good quality but is scarce and small
Gluing
| Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult |
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Nailing
Resistance to Impregnation
| Resistant heartwood |
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| Resistant sapwood |
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Response to Hand Tools
| Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work |
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| Easy to Work |
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| Easy to machine |
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Turning
| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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| Fair to Good Results |
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Steam Bending
| Fair to Good Results |
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| Poor to Very Poor Results |
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Polishing
| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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| Fair to Good Results |
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Numerical Data
References
Desch, H. E. 1954. Manual of Malayan Timbers - Volume II. Malayan Forest Records, No. 15. Malaysia Publishing House Ltd., Singapore.
S.J. and R.W. Hess. 1943. Timbers of the New World. Published on the Charles Lathrop Pack Foundation, Yale University Press, New Haven CT.
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