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Balata
Balata (Mimusops dariensis)

Family: Sapotaceae

Common names: Balata, Bulletwood, Bully, Bully-tree, Nispero

Distributed in: Panama (Central America)

Common uses: Furniture, Heavy construction, Posts, Railroad ties

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Whiteand the sapwoodGrey, White.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Very durable, Very durable

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Checking, Distortion

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as satisfactory

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Surface Preparation

Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Poor to Very Poor

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Variable qualities

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Surface Preparation;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 929 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 58 lbs/ft3
Weight 57 52 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = >75 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft.

Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressRecord, S.J., Mell, C.D.,1924,Timbers of Tropical America,Yale Univ. PressRecord, S.J.,1939,American Woods of the Family Sapotaceae,Tropical Woods 8(59) pp21-51Standley, P.C.,1928,Flora of the Panama Canal Zone,Smithsonian Institute. Contributions from the United States National,Herbarium Vol. 27
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