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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 Ease of Drying Family Name Gluing Grain Heartwood Color Kiln Drying Rate Luster Nailing Natural Durability Numerical Data Planing Polishing References Regions of Distribution Response to Hand Tools Sapwood Color Scientific Name Synonyms Texture Toxicity Trade Name Tree Identification Tree Size Scientific Name Laguncularia racemosa Trade Name Ankira Family Name Combretaceae Synonyms Conocarpus racemosus Common Names Ankira, Bastard buttonwood, Cincahuite, Gold wood, Green turtle bough, Mang branco, Mangle amarillo, Mangle blanc, Mangle blanco, Mangle bobo, Mangle chino, Manglier blanc, Mangue branco, Palo de sal, Pataban, Petit paletuvier, Tineiro, Tinteira, Tinteira dos mangues, White buttonwood, White mangrove, Zacolcom Regions of Distribution Africa, Central America, Latin America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Belize, Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico, Peru, United States Common Uses Cabinetmaking, Charcoal, Fuelwood, Furniture, Light construction, Poles, Posts, Shingles, Tool handles Heartwood Color Yellow Red Brown Orange Yellow to golden-yellow to orange Pale brown White to cream Reddish brown Sapwood Color White Yellow Paler than heartwood Grain Figure Straight Even Other (figure) Straight Other figure Texture Medium Fine Medium Luster Medium Lustrous Natural Durability Perishable Non-durable Susceptible to insect attack Non-resistant to termites Non-resistant to powder post beetles Very durable Non durable Toxicity Some toxic effects Drying Defects Distortion Checking Splitting Ease of Drying Moderately Difficult to Difficult Fairly Easy Rapidly Kiln Drying Rate Naturally dries quickly Tree Identification Bole/stem form is buttressed Tree Size Tree height is 30-40 m Bole length is 20-30 m Sapwood width is 0-5 cm Sapwood width is 5-10 cm Bole length is 10-20 m Tree height is 20-30 m Comments General finishing qualities are rated as good Boring Fairly easy to very easy Cutting Resistance Easy to saw Gluing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Nailing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Planing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Response to Hand Tools Easy to Work Difficult to machine Polishing Fair to Good Results Good results Numerical Data Item Green Dry English References Britton, N.L., Millspaugh, C.F.,1920,The Bahama Flora,Britton & Millspaugh,New York Fanshawe, D.B.,1954,Forest Products of British Guiana Part 1 Principal Timbers,Forest Department British Guiana Forestry Bulletin (New Series 2nd,Edition,No.1 Fors, A.J.,1965,Maderas Cubanas,Inst. Nac. Ref. Agraria La Habara 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 Marshall, R.C.,1934,Trees of Trinidad and Tobago,Government Printer Port of Spain Trinidad Marshall, R.C.,1939,Silviculture of the trees of Trinidad and Tobago - British West Indies,O.U.P.,London 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 Swabey, C.,1941,The Principal Timbers of Jamaica,Department of Science and Agriculture Jamaica Bulletin No.29