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Boring
Carving
Certified Source
Comments
Common Names
Common Uses
Countries of Distribution
Cutting Resistance
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying
Environmental Profile
Family Name
Grain
Heartwood Color
Kiln Drying Rate
Kiln Schedules
Luster
Mortising
Moulding
Movement in Service
Nailing
Natural Durability
Numerical Data
Odor
Planing
Polishing
References
Regions of Distribution
Resistance to Abrasion
Resistance to Impregnation
Response to Hand Tools
Routing & Recessing
Sanding
Sapwood Color
Scientific Name
Screwing
Steam Bending
Strength Properties
Texture
Trade Name
Tree Size
Turning

Scientific Name
Brosimum costaricanum

Trade Name
Ojoche

Family Name
Moraceae

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Common Names
Ojoche

Regions of Distribution
Central America

Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP]
Costa Rica

Common Uses
Fuelwood, Furniture, Heavy construction, Light construction, Plywood, Railroad ties, Tool handles, Veneer: decorative

Environmental Profile
Questionable
Abundant/Secure


Heartwood Color
Brown
Green/grey
Yellow
Orange
Yellow to golden-yellow to orange
Greenish to greyish
Dark brown


Sapwood Color
Yellow
White
Green/Grey
White to yellow
Color not distinct from heartwood


Grain
Figure
Straight
Even
Interlocked
Other (figure)
Stripe (figure)

Straight
Striped figure
Other figure
Interlocked


Texture
Medium
Fine
Medium coarse to coarse
Fine


Luster
High
Medium
Lustrous
Pronounced


Natural Durability
Durable
Non-resistant to marine borers
Resistant to termites
Very durable
Moderately durable
Non-resistant to powder post beetles
Susceptible to insect attack


Odor
Has an odor


Kiln Schedules
Dry at a moderate speed


Drying Defects
Distortion
Checking
Splitting


Ease of Drying
Fairly Easy
Slowly
Thick Stock Requires Care
Moderately Difficult to Difficult
Difficult


Kiln Drying Rate
Naturally dries at a moderate speed
Naturally dries slowly


Tree Size
Tree height is 30-40 m
Tree height is 20-30 m
Tree height is 10-20 m
Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm
Tree height is 0-10 m
Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm
Bark width is 0-5 mm
Bole length is 10-20 m
Sapwood width is 5-10 cm


Certified Source
Certified Source


Comments
General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring
Fairly easy to very easy
Fair to good results
Fairly difficult to very difficult


Carving
Fair to Good Results
Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult


Cutting Resistance
Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw
Easy to saw


Mortising
Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Fair to Good Results
Very Good to Excellent Results
Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult


Moulding
Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Fair to Good Results
Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult


Movement in Service
Excellent Stability - Small Movement
Fair to Good Stability - Medium Movement


Nailing
Pre-Boring Recommended
Poor to Very Poor Results
Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult


Planing
Poor to Very Poor Results
Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult


Resistance to Abrasion
High


Resistance to Impregnation
Resistant heartwood
Resistant sapwood


Response to Hand Tools
Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work
Responds Poorly
Easy to machine
Moderate working qualities


Routing & Recessing
Fair to Good Results
Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult


Sanding
Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Very Good to Excellent Results


Screwing
Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult


Turning
Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Fair to Good Results
Poor to Very Poor Results
Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Very Good to Excellent Results


Steam Bending
Poor to Very Poor Results


Polishing
Fair to Good Results
Very Good to Excellent Results
Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Satisfactory results


Strength Properties
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Dnesity (dry wieght) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu.ft.
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.


Numerical Data
ItemGreenDryEnglish
Bending Strength931014566psi
Density51lbs/ft3
Hardness1658lbs
Stiffness166519231000 psi
Weight5040lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage4%
Tangential Shrinkage6%
ItemGreenDryMetric
Bending Strength6541024kg/cm2
Density817kg/m3
Hardness752kg
Stiffness1171351000 kg/cm2
Weight801641kg/m3
Radial Shrinkage4%

References
Kribs, D.A.,1950,Commercial and Foreign Woods on the American Market (a manual to their,structure, identification, uses and distribution,U.S.A. Penn. State College, Tropical Woods Laboratory

Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1940,American Woods of the Family Moraceae,Tropical Woods,8(61,pp11-54

Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University Press

Slooten, H.J. van der, Gonzalez, M.E.,1970,Mederas Latinoamericanos 5 Carapa sp., Virola koschnyi, Terminalia lucida,y Brosimim costaricanum,Turrialba,20(4,pp503-10

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









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