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Blunting Effect Boring Carving Certified Source 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 Mortising Moulding Movement in Service Nailing Natural Durability Numerical Data Painting Planing Polishing References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Impregnation Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sanding Sapwood Color Scientific Name Screwing Staining Steam Bending Texture Toxicity Trade Name Tree Size Turning Varnishing Veneering Qualities Scientific Name Byrsonima crassifolia Trade Name Bois corne Family Name Malpighiaceae Common Names Bois corne, Candle berry, Changugo, Chaparro, Chapparo de sabana, Chapparo manteco, Chi, Crabo, Craboo, Crapoo, Doncela, Doncella, Golden spoon, Hori, Huria, Indana, Kanoaballi, Kwarie, Manero, Manteco merey, Maricao, Maricao cimarron, Maurice, Murecy, Nananche, Nance, Nance agrio, Nance blanco, Nance colorado, Nance verde, Nanche, Nanche de perro, Nanchi, Nancite, Nancito, Nantzinxocotl, Nanzinquahuitl, Noro, Peralego, Peralego de pinares, Peralejo, Peralejo blanco, Peralejo de sabana, Sabana kwari moeleidan, Sabana mango, Savannah serrette, Serrette, Tapal, Wild cherry, Wild craboo, Yuco Regions of Distribution Central America, Latin America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico [US], Trinidad and Tobago, United States Common Uses Cabinetmaking, Charcoal, Flooring, Fuelwood, Furniture, Heavy construction, Light construction, Turnery Heartwood Color Red Brown Pink Yellow Orange Purple Reddish brown Pale red to pink Greenish to greyish Sapwood Color Pink Brown Yellow Red Paler than heartwood Grain Figure Even Other (figure) Straight Other figure Straight Texture Medium Coarse Even or uniform Medium Medium coarse to coarse Fine Luster Medium Low Lustrous Natural Durability Durable Non-resistant to marine borers Moderately durable Very durable Susceptible to insect attack Non-resistant to termites Resistant to termites Perishable Resistant to powder post beetles Non-durable Non-resistant to termites Moderately durable Non durable Toxicity Some toxic effects Drying Defects Distortion Checking Splitting Case Hardening Ease of Drying Moderately Difficult to Difficult Fairly Easy Slowly Thick Stock Requires Care Rapidly Requires special attention Variable Kiln Drying Rate Naturally dries slowly Very slow Naturally dries quickly Drying rate is slow Tree Size Tree height is 30-40 m Tree height is 40-50 m Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm Sapwood width is 5-10 cm Sapwood width is 0-5 cm Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm Bole length is 20-30 m Bole length is 10-20 m Tree height is 20-30 m Tree height is 10-20 m Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm Tree height is 50-60 m Certified Source Certified Source Comments General finishing qualities are rated as good General finishing qualities are rated as poor Blunting Effect Moderate Little High to severe Boring Fairly difficult to very difficult Poor to very poor results Fair to good results Fairly easy to very easy Carving Fairly Easy to Very Easy Cutting Resistance Easy to saw Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw Moderate to saw Cutting Resistance with dry wood is moderate Gluing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Very Good to Excellent Results Mortising Fairly Easy to Very Easy Very Good to Excellent Results Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Fair to Good Results Moulding Fairly Easy to Very Easy Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Movement in Service Fair to Good Stability - Medium Movement Nailing Fair to Good Results Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Pre-Boring Recommended Fairly Easy to Very Easy Very Good to Excellent Results Poor to Very Poor Results Planing Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Poor to Very Poor Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Resistance to Impregnation Resistant heartwood Permeable sapwood Resistant sapwood Response to Hand Tools Easy to Work Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work Easy to machine Routing & Recessing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Sanding Fairly Easy to Very Easy Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Screwing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Pre-boring recommended Fair to Good Results Turning Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Poor to Very Poor Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Fair to Good Results Very Good to Excellent Results Veneering Qualities Difficult to veneer Suitable for peeling Suitable for slicing Steam Bending Fair to Good Results Painting Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Polishing Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Staining Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Varnishing Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Numerical Data Item Green Dry English References Fors, A.J.,1965,Maderas Cubanas,Inst. Nac. Ref. Agraria La Habara 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 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 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