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Boring Carving Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Distribution Overview Drying Defects Ease of Drying Environmental Profile Grain Heartwood Color Luster Mortising Moulding Movement in Service Natural Durability Numerical Data Odor Planing Polishing References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Impregnation Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sanding Sapwood Color Scientific Name Strength Properties Texture Trade Name Tree Size Turning Scientific Name Magnolia sororum Trade Name Candelillo Family Name Common Names Candelillo, Corpus elosuchil, Laurel sabino, Magnolia, Semiramis, Vaco Regions of Distribution Central America Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela Common Uses Beams, Bedroom suites, Boat building, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Concrete formwork, Construction, Core Stock, Decks, Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Factory construction, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Form work, Foundation posts, Framing, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Heavy construction, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joists, Kitchen cabinets, Lifeboats, Millwork, Turnery, Utility plywood, Veneer Environmental Profile Vulnerable Abundant/Secure Extinct, Endangered, Vulnerable, or Rare within its range Status unknown in parts of its range Present globally in very small numbers Data source is World Conservation Monitoring Center Data source is Nature Conservancy Its current status in Honduras is listed as unknown Distribution Overview Panama and Costa Rica, often found in damp woodlands, Oak-Laurel montane rain forests, and elfin forests. They also occur in cloud forests at elevations of about 3270 to10500 feet (1000 to 3200 m). Heartwood Color Brown Red Black Pink Olive green Light yellow to greenish brown upon exposure Different streaks of dark brown, purple, or black are common Sapwood Color Brown Red White to greenish Darkens upon exposure Grain Even Straight Interlocked Straight to interlocked Texture Fine Coarse Medium Uniform Fine Luster Low Low to Medium Natural Durability Perishable Heartwood susceptible to dry-wood termite attack Heartwood resistant to attack by white rot and brown rot fungi Odor No specific smell or taste Drying Defects Distortion Slight twist/warp Slight surface checking Ease of Drying Rapidly Reconditioning Treatement Little degrade Dries rapidly with little degrade Air dries easily and uniformly Tree Size Tree height is 20-30 m Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm Boring Fairly easy to very easy Carving Fairly Easy to Very Easy Cutting Resistance Easy to saw Easy to saw Mortising Fairly Easy to Very Easy Fair to Good Results Moulding Fairly Easy to Very Easy Movement in Service Fair to Good Stability - Medium Movement Excellent Stability - Small Movement Planing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Tearing may be considerable Resistance to Impregnation Permeable heartwood Permeable sapwood Heartwood is resistant Response to Hand Tools Responds Readily Good response Routing & Recessing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Sanding Fair to Good Results Turning Fairly Easy to Very Easy Polishing Surface Preparation Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Strength Properties Resists denting and marring Heavy Hardness = medium Density = high Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high Bending strength (MOR) = high Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Bending Strength 8389 13965 psi Crushing Strength 725 872 psi Density 38 lbs/ft3 Hardness 1068 lbs Maximum Crushing Strength 3518 7693 psi Shearing Strength 1460 psi Static Bending 4851 9408 psi Stiffness 1656 1931 1000 psi Toughness 116 inch-lbs Work to Maximum Load 6 11 inch-lbs/in3 Specific Gravity 0.46 0.52 Weight 37 30. lbs/ft3 Radial Shrinkage 4 % Tangential Shrinkage 7 % Volumetric Shrinkage 11 % Item Green Dry Metric Bending Strength 589 981 kg/cm2 Crushing Strength 50 61 kg/cm2 Density 608 kg/m3 Hardness 484 kg Maximum Crushing Strength 247 540 kg/cm2 Shearing Strength 102 kg/cm2 Static Bending 341 661 kg/cm2 Stiffness 116 135 1000 kg/cm2 Toughness 133 cm-kg Work to Maximum Load 0.42 0.77 cm-kg/cm3 Specific Gravity 0.46 0.52 Weight 592 480. kg/m3 Radial Shrinkage 4 % Tangential Shrinkage 7 % References Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison. Wangaard, F.F. and A.F. Muschler. 1952. Properties and Uses of Tropical Woods, III. Tropical Woods, Number 98, Yale University, School of Forestry, New Haven, Connecticut. WCMC. 1992. Conservation Status Listing - Trees and Timbers of the World. World Conservation Monitoring Center-Plants Programme, Cambridge, CB3 ODL, United Kingdom.