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Avispillo
Avispillo (Ocotea coriacea)

Family: Lauraceae

Common names: Avispillo, Bastard torch, Baved, Black torch, Bois doux muscade, Bois doux negresse, Bois doux noir, Bois violin, Boniate, Capberry sweetwood, Cigua, Cigua blanca, Ciguarraya, Jamaica nectandra, Jamaica ocotea, Lancewood, Laurel, Laurel avispillo, Lauriel blanc, Laurier marbre, Lesiba, Pepper cilament, Sigua, Small leaved sweetwood, Sweehwood, Sweet torchwood, Sweet wood

Distributed in: Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico [US], Trinidad and Tobago, United States (Central America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building: framing, Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Charcoal, Fuelwood, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Paneling, Plywood, Turnery, Veneer: decorative

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStriped figure, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera), Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Kiln Drying Rate: Rapid

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Poor to Very Poor

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Holds nails well, Poor to Very Poor

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Unsuitable

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Poor to Very Poor Results; Turning: Poor to Very Poor Results

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

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 512 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 7 %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 496 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 32 lbs/ft3
Weight 31 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 8 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Volumetric = very small
Shrinkage, Volumetric = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.

Britton, N.L., Millspaugh, C.F.,1920,The Bahama Flora,Britton & Millspaugh,New YorkCaribbean Commission,1952,Information on properties of timbers gathered by questionnaire and,collated in the secretariat of the Caribbean Commission including some,related data from technical literature.,Caribbean Commission, Port of Spain, Trinidad Caribbean Timbers, their,Utilization and Trade within the area CTUTA/1/Doc.7 + App.1-18Fors, A.J.,1965,Maderas Cubanas,Inst. Nac. Ref. Agraria La HabaraLittle, E.L., Wadsworth, F.H.,1964,Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.249Longwood, F.R.,1961,Puerto Rican Woods - Their Machining Seasoning and Related Characteristics,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.205Schiffino, J.,1945,Riqueza Forestal Dominicana (Three volumes,Secretaria de Estado de Agric. Ind. y TrabajoTakahashi, A.,1975,Compilation of data on the Mechanical Properties of Foreign Woods (Part 2,Central and South America,Shimane University, Japan, Research Report on Foreign Wood No.4
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