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Blunting Effect Boring Carving Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Distribution Overview Ease of Drying Environmental Profile Family Name Gluing Grain Heartwood Color Kiln Schedules Luster Mortising Moulding Nailing Natural Durability Numerical Data Odor Painting Planing Polishing References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Impregnation Response to Hand Tools Sanding Sapwood Color Scientific Name Strength Properties Texture Trade Name Tree Identification Tree Size Varnishing Scientific Name Helicostylis tomentosa Trade Name Leche perra Family Name Moraceae Common Names Aimpem, Basri, Basri letri, Basri pauletoe, Berba, Berekoro, Bi, Birsk, Boelikoro, Charo, Chayba, Choyba, Choybu, Feguo, Inare, Jabaty, Jaboty, Kaba-kra, Kabakra, Kapitin hoedoe, Kubrakra ojuche, Leche perra, Letri, Letterhout, Man letter, Moejepau lattoe, Muiratinga, Oenbatapo, Ojoche, Ombatapo, Paida, Pauleto aledin, Perokoti, Poevinga, Querendo, Sabana letri, Sokone fieroberoe, Sokone koereroe, Sukune, Toekoesi paida, Tokoloapolikiri, Tokora apolinore, Wamiriaballi Regions of Distribution Central America, Latin America Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela Common Uses Flooring, Furniture , Furniture, Heavy construction, Turnery Environmental Profile Status unknown in many of its growth areas Data source is World Conservation Monitoring Center Distribution Overview Bahia, Brazil, through the Amazon region to northeastern Peru, Colombia, and the Guianas. Heartwood Color Brown Green/grey Dark brown Ocassionally black and yellow streaks Sapwood Color Brown Well defined White to yellow Golden Grain Figure Straight Even Other (figure) Straight Other figure Straight to roey Texture Coarse Medium Luster Slightly lustrous Luster is higher in sapwood than heartwood Natural Durability Resistant to marine borers Resistant to termites Very durable Sapwood is vulnerable to blue stain Heartwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack Heartwood has very little natural resistance Odor Has an odor No specific smell or taste Kiln Schedules Drying (speed) is fast Ease of Drying Fairly Easy Rapidly Little degrade Seasons easily with little degrade Tree Identification Bole/stem form is straight Bole/stem form is cylindrical Tree Size Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm Blunting Effect Severe Blunting effect on sawing green wood is severe Blunting effect on sawing dry wood is severe Boring Fairly difficult to very difficult Carving Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Cutting Resistance Easy to saw Gluing Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Mortising Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Moulding Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Nailing Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Planing Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Good planing properties Cutting edges dull severely Resistance to Impregnation Resistant sapwood Resistant heartwood Extremely resistant Response to Hand Tools Responds Readily Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work Easy to Work Easy to machine Moderate working qualities Sanding Fairly Easy to Very Easy Painting Surface Preparation Fair to Good Results Polishing Fair to Good Results Good results Excellent results Varnishing Surface Preparation Fair to Good Results Strength Properties Bending strength (MOR) = very high Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large Max. crushing strength = very high Bending strength (MOR) = high Weight = very heavy Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very high Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high Max. crushing strength = medium Max. crushing strength = high Density = very high Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft. Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft. Compression strength (parallel to grain) = very high Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Bending Strength 17241 25463 psi Density 54 lbs/ft3 Hardness 2646 lbs Maximum Crushing Strength 6950 11690 psi Stiffness 2373 2834 1000 psi Toughness 255 inch-lbs Specific Gravity 0.65 Weight 53 40 lbs/ft3 Radial Shrinkage 5 % Tangential Shrinkage 9 % Volumetric Shrinkage 14 % Item Green Dry Metric Bending Strength 1212 1790 kg/cm2 Density 865 kg/m3 Hardness 1200 kg Maximum Crushing Strength 488 821 kg/cm2 Stiffness 166 199 1000 kg/cm2 Toughness 293 cm-kg Specific Gravity 0.65 Weight 849 641 kg/m3 Radial Shrinkage 5 % Tangential Shrinkage 9 % References Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison. Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1940,American Woods of the Family Moraceae,Tropical Woods,8(61,pp11-54 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 WCMC. 1992. Conservation Status Listing: Trees and Timbers of the World. World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC, Plants Program, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 ODL, United Kingdom.