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Clicking any heading in the main data area (at right) will scroll the page back to this top position. Use the following links to jump to the associated section in the main data. Comments Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Drying Defects Family Name Grain Heartwood Color Luster Natural Durability Numerical Data References Regions of Distribution Response to Hand Tools Sapwood Color Scientific Name Strength Properties Texture Trade Name Tree Size Scientific Name Billia columbiana Trade Name Capuli Family Name Hippocastanaceae Common Names Capuli, Capuli de montana, Cocora, Cucaracho Regions of Distribution Central America, Latin America Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela Common Uses Mine timbers Heartwood Color Greenish to greyish Pale red to pink Sapwood Color White Yellow White to yellow Grain Figure Interlocked Other (figure) Other figure Interlocked Texture Medium Fine Fine to medium Luster Medium Pronounced Lustrous Natural Durability Very durable Non durable Perishable Durable Drying Defects Checking Tree Size Tree height is 0-10 m Tree height is 10-20 m Tree height is 30-40 m Comments General finishing qualities are rated as satisfactory Response to Hand Tools Easy to machine Strength Properties Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft. Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Density 25 lbs/ft3 Weight 25 21 lbs/ft3 Item Green Dry Metric Density 400 kg/m3 References Acosta-Solis, M.,1960,Maderas Economicas del Ecuador y sus Usos,Editorial Casa de la Culhra Ecuatoriana Quito Kramer, P.R.,1939,The woods of Billia, Cashalia, Henoonia and Juliania,Tropical Woods 8(58) pp1-5 Little, E.L.,1948,A Collection of Tree Specimens from Western Ecuador,Caribbean Forester,9(3,pp215-98 Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University Press