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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. Boring Comments Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Drying Defects Family Name Gluing Grain Heartwood Color Kiln Drying Rate Kiln Schedules Luster Mortising Moulding Movement in Service Nailing Natural Durability Numerical Data Planing References Regions of Distribution Response to Hand Tools Sapwood Color Scientific Name Strength Properties Texture Trade Name Tree Identification Tree Size Turning Scientific Name Chorisia insignis Trade Name Algodon Family Name Bombacaceae Common Names Algodon, Algoneiro, Barriguda, Corisa, Lluchan, Lupuna, Mandiyu-ra, Paina, Painera, Palo borracho, Palo borracho de flor amarillo, Palo botella, Samohu, Samohu moroti, Samohu pyta, Yuchan, Zamuhu Regions of Distribution Latin America Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Argentina, Brazil, Peru Common Uses Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Canoes, Cooperages, Plywood corestock, Tool handles Heartwood Color White Green/grey Yellow Orange Sapwood Color Yellow White Grain Figure Even Interlocked Straight Growth rings (figure) Stripe (figure) Weak (figure) Weak figure Striped figure Straight Interlocked Clear growth rings (figure) Texture Coarse Medium Coarse Medium to coarse Luster Medium Lustrous Dull Natural Durability Susceptible to insect attack Perishable Non-durable Non-resistant to powder post beetles Non-resistant to termites Non-resistant to marine borers Resistant to termites Very durable Sapwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack Kiln Schedules UK=A US=T2D4/T2D3 Fr=1 Kiln Drying Rate (in days) is slow Drying Defects Moderate surface checking Moderate end spitting Kiln Drying Rate Slow (18-28 days for boards < 32 mm, to 52-84 days for boards >= 63 mm) Kiln drying rate (green to 12% mc) is slow, longer than 28 days for a board under 32 mm, to more than 84 days for a board 63 mm and thicker Tree Identification Bole/stem form is buttressed Tree Size Tree height is 10-20 m Tree height is 20-30 m Bole length is 10-20 m Tree height is 30-40 m Bole length is 0-10 m Comments General finishing qualities are rated as good Boring Easy Cutting Resistance Easy to saw Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw Gluing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Mortising Finishes well Easy to mortise Moulding Easy to mould Movement in Service Small Nailing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Planing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Planes well, to a good finish Easy to plane Response to Hand Tools Easy to Work Easy to machine Turning Good results Easy to turn Strength Properties Shrinkage, Tangential = small Shrinkage, Radial = small Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate Shrinkage, Radial = very small Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Radial Shrinkage 3 % Tangential Shrinkage 6 % Item Green Dry Metric Radial Shrinkage 3 % References Celulosa Argentina,1973,Libro del Arbol,Celulosa Argentina Buenos Aires 3 Vols Kukachka, B.F.,1961,Corisa (Chorisia insignis,USA Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison,,Foreign Woods Series,No.1996 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 Takahashi, A.,1975,Compilation of data on the Mechanical Properties of Foreign Woods (Part 2,Central and South America,Shimane University, Japan, Research Report on Foreign Wood No.4 Tortorelli, L.,1956,Maderas y Bosques Argentinos,Editorial Acme S.A.C.I. Buenos Aires