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Blunting Effect Boring Carving Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Distribution Overview Drying Defects Ease of Drying Environmental Profile Family Name Gluing Grain Heartwood Color Kiln Drying Rate Luster Mortising Moulding Nailing Numerical Data Odor Planing Polishing References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Impregnation Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sanding Sapwood Color Scientific Name Screwing Staining Steam Bending Strength Properties Substitutes Texture Trade Name Tree Size Turning Veneering Qualities Scientific Name Terminalia guyanensis Trade Name Broadleaf Family Name Combretaceae Common Names Broadleaf, Canxun, Chcharron amarillo, Chicharron, Cochun, Guayabo, Guayabo de montana, Guayo, Jucarillo, Naranjo, Nargusta, Olivier mangue, Poirier, Volador, White olivier Regions of Distribution Central America Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Venezuela Common Uses Bedroom suites, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Core Stock, Decorative veneer, Domestic flooring, Drawer sides, Exterior trim & siding, Exterior uses, Factory flooring, Figured veneer, Flooring, Furniture , General carpentry, Interior construction, Interior trim, Kitchen cabinets, Living-room suites, Millwork, Moldings, Office furniture, Parquet flooring, Plain veneer, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Shakes, Sheathing, Shingles, Shipbuilding, Siding, Sub-flooring, Trimming, Turnery, Veneer, Wainscotting Environmental Profile Abundant/Secure Status has not been officially assessed Distribution Overview Common in the monsoon forests of Venezuela. Heartwood Color Brown Red Pink Green/grey Yellowish-Olive Reddish brown Golden-Brown to dark brown Often with distinct stripes Sapwood Color Red Brown Grain Interlocked Figure Birds-eye (figure) Even Distinct (figure) Straight Irregular Sometimes roey Texture Medium Coarse Medium Luster Medium Figure Interlocked Other (figure) Stripe (figure) Non-resistant to pinhole borers Non-resistant to termites Resistant to powder post beetles Heartwood resistant to attack by white rot and brown rot fungi Fair weathering characteristics Exposure of unpainted surfaces to the weather may cause considerable checking and loss of surface smoothness Odor Mild odor Drying Defects Checking Discoloration Distortion Slight warping and checking during air-season Ease of Drying Fairly Easy Slowly Rapidly Reconditioning Treatement Little degrade Veneer dries relatively rapidly, with little degrade except slight tendency to split Air-dries rather well Air dries rapidly Kiln Drying Rate Naturally dries slowly Naturally dries quickly Tree Size Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm Sapwood width is greater than 25 cm Tree height is 40-50 m Sapwood width is 0-5 cm Sapwood width is 5-10 cm Tree height is 30-40 m Sapwood width is 10-15 cm Tree height is 50-60 m Bark width is 20-25 mm Bark width is 15-20 mm Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm Substitutes Agba (Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum) Blunting Effect Little Boring Fairly easy to very easy Carving Fairly Easy to Very Easy Cutting Resistance Easy to saw Gluing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Fair to Good Results Mortising Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Fairly Easy to Very Easy Moulding Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Fairly Easy to Very Easy Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Nailing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Planing Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Fairly Easy to Very Easy Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Resistance to Impregnation Resistant heartwood Resistant sapwood Permeable sapwood Heartwood is permeable Response to Hand Tools Easy to Work Responds Readily Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work Moderate working qualities Good The timber is reported to machine to produce moderate to good results in most operations. Routing & Recessing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Sanding Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Screwing Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Turning Fairly Easy to Very Easy Fair to Good Results Veneering Qualities Suitable for peeling Suitable for slicing Steam Bending Fair to Good Results Polishing Fair to Good Results Staining Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Very Good to Excellent Results Strength Properties Resists denting and marring Heavy Hard Dense Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high Bending strength (MOR) = high Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Bending Strength 9212 12436 psi Crushing Strength 686 1049 psi Density 49 lbs/ft3 Hardness 1049 lbs Maximum Crushing Strength 4155 6595 psi Shearing Strength 1499 psi Static Bending 5664 7948 psi Stiffness 1303 1539 1000 psi Toughness 100 inch-lbs Work to Maximum Load 8 10 inch-lbs/in3 Specific Gravity 0.56 0.6 Weight 48 39. lbs/ft3 Radial Shrinkage 4 % Tangential Shrinkage 6 % Volumetric Shrinkage 9 % Item Green Dry Metric Bending Strength 647 874 kg/cm2 Crushing Strength 48 73 kg/cm2 Density 785 kg/m3 Hardness 475 kg Maximum Crushing Strength 292 463 kg/cm2 Shearing Strength 105 kg/cm2 Static Bending 398 558 kg/cm2 Stiffness 91 108 1000 kg/cm2 Toughness 115 cm-kg Work to Maximum Load 0.56 0.70 cm-kg/cm3 Specific Gravity 0.56 0.6 Weight 769 624. kg/m3 Radial Shrinkage 4 % Tangential Shrinkage 6 % References Record, 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. Wangaard, F.F., and A.F. Muschler. 1952. Tropical Woods - Properties and Uses of Tropical Woods, Volume III, No. 98. School of Forestry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.