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Amourette
Amourette (Piratinera guianensis)

Family: Moraceae

Common names: Amourette, Basri letri, Bois d'amourette, Bois de lettres, Bourra courra, Bourracourra, Boutous, Burokoro, Burracura, Cacique carey, Cangica parira, Casique care, Gamelleira preta, Gateado, Gatia, Gespikkeld letterhout, Guaimaro, Kapeweri letri, Koeloero, Leopard wood, Leopardwood, Letri, Letterhout, Letterwood, Lettre de chine, Lettre mouchete, Lignum literatum, Manletri, Marequende, Muirapenima, Palo do oro, Pao tartarugo, Piratiner, Roode letterhout, Satine gris, Satine rouge, Slangenhout, Snakewood, Speckled wood, Tibicusi, Tibikuski, Tibokushi, Tortoiseshell wood

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

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Fishing rods, Furniture, Handles: general, Joinery, Musical instruments, Musical instruments: percussion, Musical instruments: strings, Plywood, Sporting Goods, Tool handles, Turnery, Veneer: decorative, Walking sticks

Product sources: The ITTO reports that the species has a high potential as a source of valuable timber.

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStriped figure, the textureMediumand the lusterPronounced

Natural durability: Resistant to attack from termites (Isoptera), Very durable

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Moderate collapse and honeycombing, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Variable results.

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

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: Possible if prebored, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Very poor

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 1073 kg/m3
Bending Strength 1026 1518 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 1057 913 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 14597 21597 psi
Density 67 lbs/ft3
Weight 66 57 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Density (dry weight) = >75 lbs/cu. ft 0
Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu.ft 1
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Bending strength (MOR) = very high
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = high

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