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San Domingo boxwood
San Domingo boxwood (Phyllostylon brasiliensis)

Family: Ulmaceae

Common names: Baitoa, Bois Blanc, Boxwoad, Canche, Cara tibama, Ceron, Ibira-catu, Ibiracatu, Jatia, Membrillo, Ot-te, Otelom, Palo amarillo, Palo blanco, Palo de Ianza Blanco, Palo de lanza, Palo de lanza blanco, Palo lanza, Palo lanza negro, Pan branco, Pau branco, Sabonero, San Domingo boxwood, Seron, Tala grande, Vareteiro, West Indian boxwood, Yao-si-y-guazu, Yva-si-yguazu

Distributed in: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: The species grows from Cuba, Hispaniola, and southern Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. It is often found in pure stands.

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Bobbins, Carvings, Chessmen, Croquet mallets, Drum sticks, Flooring, Fuelwood, Furniture, Handles, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Mathematical instruments, Mine timbers, Musical instruments , Musical instruments, Musical instruments: piano, Organ pipes, Piano keys, Pianos , Plywood, Railroad ties, Rulers, Scientific instruments, Shafts/Handles, Shuttles, Sills, Sounding boards, Specialty items, Spindles, Spools, Sporting Goods, Textile equipment, Tool handles, Turnery, Vehicle parts, Veneer: decorative, Violin bows, Violin, Xylophones

Environment profile: Status within its natural growth range has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodYellow, Yellowish.The grain isWavy, the textureUniformand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Schedules: US=T2B2

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is misshapen

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good The wood is similar in properties to other Boxwoods (Buxus , Gossypiospermum ). Boxwood was originally the trade name of Buxus sempervirens from Europe and eastern Asia. The trade name has been extended to include other species that are botanically dissimilar but which resemble true boxwood in general characteristics. San Domingo boxwood (Phyllostylon brasiliensis ) is among the more important of the boxwood-like species

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: good

Moulding: Moulds well (70+ % of pieces will yield good to excellent )

Movement in Service: Moulds well (70+ % of pieces will yield good to excellent )

Nailing: Possible if prebored, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds well to hand tools

Routing recessing: Routs well

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Steam bending: Fair to Good Results

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,71
Density 929 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 913 737 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 58 lbs/ft3
Specific Gravity 0.71
Weight 57 46 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %

53-60 lbs/cu. ft.
53-60 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Moderate
Large
Fairly large
67-75 lbs/cu. ft.
67-75 lbs/cu. ft.
46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
The weight is very high. The species has very high density.

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