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Alejo
Alejo (Piscidia communis)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Alejo, Anipak, Barbasco, Barbasco jancu, Cahurica, Chijel, Chijol, Churicua, Cocuile, Cocuite, Colorin de peces, Flor de papagayo, Habi, Habim, Habin, Jabin, Jamguijy, Jancu, Matapescado, Matapiojo, Nexcuahuitl, Palo blanco duro, Peonia, Piscidia, Scaak'an-kihui, Talzunyo, Tatzungo, Tucuy, Tzijol, Zatzumbo

Distributed in: Mexico, United States (Central America, North America)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Flooring, Furniture, Joinery, Plywood, Railroad ties

Environment profile: Abundant/Secure

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 300-350 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isInterlocked, the textureUniformand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Perishable, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: Has an odor

Drying Defects: Ring Shakes, Uneven Moisture Content

Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Very good to excellent results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Poor to Very Poor

Movement in Service: Poor to Very Poor

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Pre-Boring Recommended

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Sanding: Poor to Very Poor Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results

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

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 804 1248 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness 1192 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 11442 17761 psi
Hardness 2628 lbs
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Hardness (side grain) = very hard
Hardness (side grain) = hard
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = high

Echenique-Manrique, R., Diaz Gomez, V.,1969,Algunas Caracteristicas Technologicas de la Madera de once Especies,Mexicanas. (Some technological characteristics of the wood of eleven,Mexican species.,Inst. Nac. Inv. For. Mexico Boletin Tecnico,27Gomez-Vazquez, B.G.,1981,Wood structure and potential end uses of some lesser known Mexican timber,species,Thesis for Msc. Univ. Wales BangorPennington, T.D., Sarukhan, J.,1968,Manual para la Identificacion de campo de los Principales Arboles,Tropicales de Mexico,Inst. Nac. Inv. For. Mexico
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