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Black cedar
Black cedar (Ocotea leucoxylon)

Family: Lauraceae

Common names: Black cedar, Bois doux jaune, Bois doux piment, Boniato, Cacaillo, Cigua boba, Cigua laurel, Curabura, Duckwood, False avocado, Geo, Geo-geo, Hojancha, Judio, Laurel, Laurel geo, Laurel geo-geo, Laurier, Laurier fine, Laurier madame, Laurier noir, Loblolly, Loblolly sweetwood, Pataban de monte, Sweetwood, Whitewood

Distributed in: Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Netherlands, Puerto Rico [US], Trinidad and Tobago (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Furniture, Joinery, Light construction, Paneling, Plywood, Posts, Shingles

Environment profile: Abundant/Secure

Tree size: Tree height is 0-10 m

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

Natural durability: Pinworms (ambrosia beetles) may be present in the felled log, Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera)

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a moderate speed

Drying Defects: No surface checking, Severe twisting/warping

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring: Moderately easy

Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Easy to glue

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Good finishing

Movement in Service: Good finishing

Nailing: Holds nails well

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Abrasion: High

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Good

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Sanding: Satisfactory sanding results

Turning: Good results

Painting: Good; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Finish is generally good ; Varnishing: Good;

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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 %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
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 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 5 %

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

Little, 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.205Marshall, R.C.,1934,Trees of Trinidad and Tobago,Government Printer Port of Spain TrinidadSwabey, C.,1941,The Principal Timbers of Jamaica,Department of Science and Agriculture Jamaica Bulletin No.29Takahashi, 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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