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Apici
Apici (Ocotea puberula)

Family: Lauraceae

Common names: Apici, Atomahoko, Cedre gris, Good kereti silverballi, Guaiaca blanco, Kereti silverballi, Maipaima, Mapwirtan, Pisi, Pisie, Siduabari, Silverballi, White guaiaca, Witte pisie, Zwart pisie

Distributed in: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname (Latin America)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boat building: planking, Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Coffins, Furniture, Ladders, Plywood, Turnery, Walking sticks

Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterPronounced

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

Drying Defects: Checking

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

Gluing: Easy to glue

Planing: Fair to Good

Resistance to Impregnation: Heartwood is resistant

Response to hand tools: Moderate working qualities


Painting: Good; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 416 kg/m3
Bending Strength 1026 1518 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
Bending Strength 14597 21597 psi
Density 26 lbs/ft3
Weight 25 23 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 15-22 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = very high
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = high

Erfurth, T., Rusche, H.,1976,The Marketing of Tropical Wood B. Wood Species from S. American Tropical,Moist Forests,F.A.O. Forestry DepartmentFanshawe, D.B.,1954,Forest Products of British Guiana Part 1 Principal Timbers,Forest Department British Guiana Forestry Bulletin (New Series 2nd,Edition,No.1Longwood, F.R.,1962,Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.207Tropical Timber Information Centre,1975,Purpleheart (Peltogyne Spp.,State University, New York TTIC Brief No.25Vink, A.T.,1965,Surinam Timbers,Surinam Forest Service Paramaribo,3rd rev. ed.
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