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Beherada
Beherada (Parinari campestris)

Family: Chrysobalanaceae

Common names: Beherada, Behoerada, Beurata, Boeirata, Bois bande, Boorhoorada, Broad-leaved burada, Buhurada, Buirata, Burada, Candelwood, Caraipe-rana, Cautoro, Farinha secca, Foengoe, Foengoe hoedoe, Foengoe pau, Fongoupaou, Fongouti, Gaulette blanc, Gris-gris blanc, Koebesini, Koepesiini, Kupisini, Macucu, Mahaicaballi, Makarat, Nefle, Ouroucou-merepa, Pajura de matta, Parinari, Vonkhout, Wamuk, Wamuku, Witte foengoe

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

Common uses: Boat building: framing, Bridge construction, Flooring, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Heavy construction, Light construction, Marine construction, Piling, Railroad ties

Environment profile: Questionable

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureFineand the lusterLustrous

Natural durability: Resistant to attack from marine borers, Resistant to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles

Silica Content: Severe

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is cylindrical

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: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Nails hold poorly, Possible if prebored

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Turning: Poor results

Polishing: Satisfactory;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 785 kg/m3
Bending Strength 954 1473 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 485 699 kg/cm2
Hardness 752 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 132 kg/cm2
Stiffness 152 175 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Weight 769 673 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,49 0,7 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 13576 20956 psi
Density 49 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1658 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 6899 9945 psi
Shearing Strength 1883 psi
Stiffness 2167 2494 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 7 10 inch-lbs/in3
Weight 48 42 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Tangential Shrinkage 10 %

Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Max. crushing strength = high
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu.ft
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Max. crushing strength (stiffness) = very low

Amos, G.L.,1951,Some siliceous timbers of British Guiana,Caribbean Forester (3; 4) 133-7, 139-40.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 ResearchFanshawe, D.B.,1954,Forest Products of British Guiana Part 1 Principal Timbers,Forest Department British Guiana Forestry Bulletin (New Series 2nd,Edition,No.1Polak, A.M.,1992,Major Timber Trees of Guyana A Field Guide,The Tropenbos Foundation Wageningen, The NetherlandsRecord, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressVink, A.T.,1965,Surinam Timbers,Surinam Forest Service Paramaribo,3rd rev. ed.Wangaard, F.F., et al,1954,Properties and Uses of Tropical Woods 4,Tropical Woods,14(99, pp1-187
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