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AcajouAcajou
Acajou (Anacardium occidentale)

Family: Anacardiaceae

Common names: Acajou, Acajou a pomme, Acaju, Boschkajoe, Cacahuil, Cajeuiro, Caju, Caju manju, Caju manso, Caju-assu, Cajueiro, Cajueiro do campo, Cajuil, Cashew, Cashew-apple, Cashew-nut, Cashu, Cherry, Geru mavu, Gerumavu, Godambe, Hijuli, Jidi, Jocote maranon, Kaju, Kaschu-baum, Kashu-mavu, Kasjoe, Kempu geru, Kola mava, Maranon, Maranon casho, Mereke, Merey, Mundiri, Nois d'acajou, Noix d'acajou, Orvi, Pajuil, Palu di cashupete, Parangi-mavu, Pomme d'acajou, Pommier cajou, Pommier d'acajou, Shilkale, Thihothayet

Distributed in: Belize, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Puerto Rico [US], Trinidad and Tobago, United States (Central America, Latin America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Boat building: framing, Boxes and crates, Charcoal, Chemical derivatives, Fuelwood, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction

Product sources: The ITTO reports that timber from this species is produced occasionally for local consumption.

Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isWhite, White to creamand the sapwoodBrown, Color not distinct from heartwood.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium coarse and the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Susceptible to marine borer attack

Drying Defects: Expect resin/gum exudation, Resin Exudation

Ease of Drying: Gum Exudation

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Nailing: Holds nails well, Very Good to Excellent

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine



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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 528 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 %
Weight 512 416 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 33 lbs/ft3
Weight 32 26 lbs/ft3
Volumetric Shrinkage 8 %

Shrinkage, Volumetric = small
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.

Bolza, E.,1976,Timber and Health,Div. Building Res. C.S.I.R.O. AustraliaEdmondson, C.H.,1949,Reaction of Woods from S.America and Caribbean areas to Marine Borers in,Hawaiian Waters,Caribbean Foresters,10(1,PP37-41Falla Ramirez, A.,1971,Resultados de Estudios Fisico-Mechanicos de Algunas Maderas de la Serrania,de San Lucas. (Some timbers of the San Lucas mountain range.,Plegable Divulgativo, Div. Forestal, Inderena Colombia,pp6Howard, A.L.,1948,A Manual of Timbers of the World.,Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London 3rd ed.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.249Little, E.L.,1948,A Collection of Tree Specimens from Western Ecuador,Caribbean Forester,9(3,pp215-98Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressRecord, S.J., Mell, C.D.,1924,Timbers of Tropical America,Yale Univ. PressSwabey, C.,1941,The Principal Timbers of Jamaica,Department of Science and Agriculture Jamaica Bulletin No.29
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