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Amris wood
Amris wood (Amyris balsamifera)

Family: Rutaceae

Common names: Amris wood, Amyris, Amyris legitimo, Amyris wood, Black candlewood, Candil, Candle wood, Cuaba, Cuaba amarilla, Cuaba blanca, Cuaba de costa, Incienso, Palo de roble, Quigua, Rosewood, Sandalo de las antilles, Seca de castilla, Seca olorosa, Tea, Teilla, Tigua, Torch wood, Venezuelan sandalwood, Waika pine, West Indian sandalwood, White candlewood

Distributed in: Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Puerto Rico [US], Suriname, Venezuela (Africa, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Cabinetmaking, Fuelwood, Furniture, Poles, Turnery, Veneer: decorative

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureFineand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Kiln Drying Rate: Slow

Drying Defects: Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Poor to Very Poor

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy ;

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 801 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 50 lbs/ft3
Weight 53 49 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft

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