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Bastard mahogany
Bastard mahogany (Mosquitoxylum jamaicense)

Family: Anacardiaceae

Common names: Bastard mahogany, Carbonero, Chichimeca, Cirri, Cirri blanco, Cirri colorado, Ciruelo, Jobillo, Mosquito wood, Nictaa, Ridge redwood, Wild mahogany

Distributed in: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama (Central America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Cabinetmaking, Heavy construction, Light construction, Posts, Shingles

Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWell defined, White to yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Moderately durable, Very durable

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work


Polishing: Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 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


Burns, L.V.,1942,Roofing Shingles in Jamaica,Caribbean Forester 4(1) pp9-15Record, 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 Anacardiaceae,Tropical Woods,8(60,pp11-45Swabey, C.,1941,The Principal Timbers of Jamaica,Department of Science and Agriculture Jamaica Bulletin No.29
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