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Apici
Apici (Ocotea wachenheimii)

Family: Lauraceae

Common names: Apici, Atomahoko, Canela, Cedre gris, Hard kereti, Kereti shiruaballi, Kereti silverballi, Maipaima, Mapwirtan, Pisi, Siduabari, Spicy laurier, Spicy laurier mattack, Spicy mattack, Tingui apici

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

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boat building: planking, Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Coffins, Food containers, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Paneling, Plywood, Turnery, Walking sticks

Environment profile: Abundant/Secure

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, White to yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterSlightly lustrous

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

Odor: Has an odor

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Drying Defects: Distortion, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Cutting Resistance: Cutting Resistance with green wood is easy

Gluing: Easy to glue

Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Pre-Boring Recommended

Planing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Resistance to Abrasion: High

Resistance to Impregnation: Heartwood is resistant

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine


Painting: Good; Polishing: Good; Staining: Finish is generally good ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 448 kg/m3
Bending Strength 303 464 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 150 275 kg/cm2
Hardness 144 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 62 kg/cm2
Stiffness 71 84 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 432 384 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 4310 6606 psi
Density 28 lbs/ft3
Hardness 319 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 2139 3916 psi
Shearing Strength 882 psi
Stiffness 1017 1199 1000 psi
Weight 27 24 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Max. crushing strength = low
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Bending strength (MOR) = very low
Bending strength (MOR) = low

Bena, P.,1960,Essences Forestieres de Guyane,Bureau Agricole et Forestier Guyanais GuyanaBerni, C.A., Bolza, E., Christensen, F.J.,1979,South American Timbers - The Characteristics, Properties and Uses of 190,Species,C.S.I.R.O Div. Building ResearchErfurth, 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.1Guyana Forestry Department,1951,British Guiana Timbers - Kereti silverballi,British Guiana Forestry Department Leaflet No. 11Longwood, F.R.,1962,Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.207Marshall, R.C.,1934,Trees of Trinidad and Tobago,Government Printer Port of Spain TrinidadMarshall, R.C.,1939,Silviculture of the trees of Trinidad and Tobago - British West Indies,O.U.P.,LondonVink, A.T.,1965,Surinam Timbers,Surinam Forest Service Paramaribo,3rd rev. ed.
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