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Apici
Apici (Ocotea canaliculata)

Family: Lauraceae

Common names: Apici, Cedre, Hariraro shirvaballi, Heburu, Ileng, Laurier petite-feuille, Pisie, Sawariskin, Silverballi, White silverballi, White sweetwood

Distributed in: French Guiana, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago (Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Concrete formwork, Door, Food containers, Furniture, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Matches, Musical instruments: percussion, Plywood corestock, Plywood, Turnery, Veneer

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 300-350 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureUniformand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Odor: Has an odor

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Kiln Drying Rate: Very slow

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Holds nails well, Holds satisfactorily

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Satisfactory

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Fair to Good Results

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

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

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 480 kg/m3
Bending Strength 429 674 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 135 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 6111 9589 psi
Density 30 lbs/ft3
Stiffness 1665 1923 1000 psi
Weight 29 25 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low

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