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Blunting Effect
Boring
Carving
Common Names
Common Uses
Countries of Distribution
Cutting Resistance
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying
Family Name
Grain
Heartwood Color
Luster
Mortising
Moulding
Natural Durability
Numerical Data
Planing
Polishing
References
Regions of Distribution
Resistance to Impregnation
Response to Hand Tools
Routing & Recessing
Sanding
Sapwood Color
Scientific Name
Silica Content
Synonyms
Texture
Trade Name
Tree Size
Turning
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Synonyms
Trema miocrantha
Common Names
Anisillo, Bois de soie, Cabrita, Capulin montes, Capulin negro, Carrasposo, Chaca, Checait, Cuich-pipil, Equipal, Guacima boba, Guacima cimarrona, Guacimillo, Guasimilla, Guasumilla, Huinda, Ixpepe, Izpepe, Juco, Masaquila, Memiso cimarron, Palo de cabre, Pellejo de vieja, Pie de paloma, Pum, Totohopolin, Trema, Yaco de cuero
Regions of Distribution
Central America, Latin America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia
Countries of Distribution
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Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, United States
Common Uses
Charcoal, Fuelwood, Posts, Pulp/Paper products
Heartwood Color
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| Pale red to pink |
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Sapwood Color
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Ease of Drying
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Boring
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Cutting Resistance
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Mortising
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Planing
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Resistance to Impregnation
| Resistant heartwood |
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| Resistant sapwood |
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| Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work |
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Routing & Recessing
| Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult |
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Sanding
| Fair to Good Results |
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Turning
| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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Polishing
Numerical Data
References
Acosta-Solis, M.,1960,Maderas Economicas del Ecuador y sus Usos,Editorial Casa de la Culhra Ecuatoriana Quito
Almeida, D.G. de, Costa, J.R. da,1956,Madeiras do Brasil. (Timbers of Brazil.,Min. Ag. Servico de Economia Rural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,pp56
Howard, A.L.,1948,A Manual of Timbers of the World.,Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London 3rd ed.
Little, E.L., Wadsworth, F.H.,1964,Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.249
Little, E.L.,1948,A Collection of Tree Specimens from Western Ecuador,Caribbean Forester,9(3,pp215-98
Pennington, T.D., Sarukhan, J.,1968,Manual para la Identificacion de campo de los Principales Arboles,Tropicales de Mexico,Inst. Nac. Inv. For. Mexico
Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University Press
Record, S.J., Mell, C.D.,1924,Timbers of Tropical America,Yale Univ. Press
Record, S.J.,1927,Trees of Honduras,Tropical Woods,10, pp10-47
Ribeiro Penna, E.B., Luz Reis, C.N.,1973,A Trema micrantha (L) blume como material prima para a producao de,celullose,Acta Amazonica 3(3) pp45-50
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