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Amyris wood
Amyris wood (Amyris elemifera)

Family: Rutaceae

Common names: Amyris wood, Bois chandelle, Bois chandelle blanc, Bois flambeau, Bois pini, Candlewood, Chilillo, Cuaba de costa, Cuabilla, Guaconejo, Melon, Palo de tea, Pimienta, Roldan, Sea amyris, Taray, Tea, Torchwood, Waiki-pine, White torch

Distributed in: Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico [US], United States (Central America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Cabinetmaking, Fuelwood, Furniture, Posts

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWell defined, White to yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureStraight

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Blunting Effect: Little

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine


Painting: Fair to Good; Polishing: Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 865 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 54 lbs/ft3
Weight 53 52 lbs/ft3

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

Britton, N.L., Millspaugh, C.F.,1920,The Bahama Flora,Britton & Millspaugh,New YorkEdmondson, C.H.,1949,Reaction of Woods from S.America and Caribbean areas to Marine Borers in,Hawaiian Waters,Caribbean Foresters,10(1,PP37-41Little, E.L., Wadsworth, F.H.,1964,Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.249Record, 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.,1927,Trees of Honduras,Tropical Woods,10, pp10-47Swabey, C.,1941,The Principal Timbers of Jamaica,Department of Science and Agriculture Jamaica Bulletin No.29
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