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Alcornoque
Alcornoque (Mora megistosperma)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Alcornoque, Mangle nato, Mora, Nato, Pracouba

Distributed in: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America)

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Boat building: framing, Bridge construction, Cabinetmaking, Decks, Flooring, Furniture, Heavy construction, Light construction, Plywood, Posts, Railroad ties

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Reddish brownand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterLustrous

Natural durability: Resistant to attack from termites (Isoptera), Susceptible to insect attack

Kiln Drying Rate: Rapid

Drying Defects: Collapse, Internal Honeycombing Possible

Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Screwing: Poor to Very Poor Results ;


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 692 1073 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 380 574 kg/cm2
Hardness 752 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 62 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
Bending Strength 9843 15272 psi
Hardness 1658 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 5408 8171 psi
Shearing Strength 882 psi
Stiffness 1762 2031 1000 psi

Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Max. crushing strength = medium
Max. crushing strength = high
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Bending strength (MOR) = high

Acosta-Solis, M.,1960,Maderas Economicas del Ecuador y sus Usos,Editorial Casa de la Culhra Ecuatoriana QuitoErfurth, T., Rusche, H.,1976,The Marketing of Tropical Wood B. Wood Species from S. American Tropical,Moist Forests,F.A.O. Forestry DepartmentLittle, E.L.,1948,A Collection of Tree Specimens from Western Ecuador,Caribbean Forester,9(3,pp215-98Peru - P.A.D.T.,1981,Descripcion general y anatomica de 105 Maderas del Grupo Andino,Junta del Acuerdo de Cartagena, P.A.D.T. Report, Junac, Lima, Peru.Peru - P.A.D.T.,1981,Tablas de propiedades fisicas y mecariicas de la Madera de 24 especies de,Colombia,Junta del Acuerdo de Cartagena, P.A.D.T. Report, Lima, Peru.Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressScheffer, T.C., Duncan, C.G.,1947,The Decay Resistance of certain Central American and Ecuadorian Woods,Tropical Woods,12(92, PP1-24
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