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;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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1000 kg/cm2 |
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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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