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Canela
Canela (Ocotea barcellensis)

Family: Lauraceae

Common names: Canela, Inhamui, Louro, Louro branco, Louro inamuhy, Louro inamui, Louro inhamui, Louro mamorim, Louro preto

Distributed in: Brazil, Cuba, Venezuela (Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building: framing, Boxes and crates, Bridge construction, Flooring, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Turnery, Veneer: decorative

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStriped figure, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Drying Rate: Very slow

Drying Defects: Internal Honeycombing Possible, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Very good to excellent results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Veneering qualities: Difficult to veneer

Steam bending: Fair to Good Results

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy ; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Fair to Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 641 kg/m3
Bending Strength 654 1024 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 354 543 kg/cm2
Hardness 451 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 155 kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 135 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 624 496 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9310 14566 psi
Density 40 lbs/ft3
Hardness 995 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 5035 7727 psi
Shearing Strength 2205 psi
Stiffness 1665 1923 1000 psi
Weight 39 31 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 13 %

Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Max. crushing strength = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Shrinkage, Volumetric = fairly large
Max. crushing strength = high
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = small

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