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Guachapele
Guachapele (Pseudosamanea guachapele)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Cadeno, Frijolillo, Guachapele, Guachapeli, Guamarillo, Samanigua, Tabaca

Distributed in: Columbia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America)

Distribution overview: The species occurs from Guatemala in Central America, southward to Venezuela and Ecuador in South America. It is usually found growing on dry sites, and regenerates in abandoned fields and pastures.

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boat building, Boat building: decking, Boat building: framing, Boat building: planking, Building construction, Cabinetmaking, Construction, Crossties, Decorative veneer, Flooring, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Mine timbers, Piling, Plywood, Railroad ties, Shipbuilding, Turnery, Vehicle parts, Veneer, Veneer: decorative

Environment profile: Status unknown due to inadequate data

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow brown upon drying , Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhitish, Yellow.The grain isRoey figure, the textureMedium to very coarse and the lusterLustrous

Natural durability: Very durable, Very good weathering properties

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring: Poor to very poor results

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Easy to glue

Mortising: Poor to Very Poor

Moulding: Poor to Very Poor

Movement in Service: Poor to Very Poor

Planing: Surfaces tend to be woolly

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Routing recessing: Poor to Very Poor Results

Sanding: Good sanding finish

Veneering qualities: Suitable for slicing

Steam bending: Fair to Good Results

Turning: Poor to Very Poor Results

Polishing: Fair to Good; Varnishing: Fair to Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,54 0,58
Density 641 kg/m3
Bending Strength 539 772 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 278 460 kg/cm2
Hardness 465 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 82 87 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 4 %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 624 496 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,35 0,49 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 146 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 7679 10993 psi
Density 40 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1027 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3963 6549 psi
Stiffness 1168 1240 1000 psi
Toughness 127 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 5 7 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.54 0.58
Weight 39 31 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 4 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 8 %

Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Work to Maximum Load = very low
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Resists denting and marring
Heavy
Density = high
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high
Hardness (side grain) = medium

Berni, 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 ResearchChudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Demougeot, M.,1968,Finishing of Exotic Timbers containing aliphatic and resinous substances,in the Furniture Industry,Drevo,23(7,pp248-52Dickinson, F.E.,1949,Properties and Uses of Tropical Woods 1,Tropical Woods,13(95,pp1-140Kribbs, D.A. 1959. Commercial Foreign Woods on the American Market. Buckhout Lab., Dept. of Botany, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.Little, E.L.,1948,A Collection of Tree Specimens from Western Ecuador,Caribbean Forester,9(3,pp215-98Timber Development Association Ltd.,1948,Notes on Ecuadorian Timbers,TRADA, Timber Information,35,pp5Wangaard, F.F., Muschler, A.F.,1952,Properties and Uses of Tropical Woods 3,Tropical Woods,14(98, pp1-190WCMC. 1992. Conservation Status Listing: Trees and Timbers of the World. World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC, Plants Program, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 ODL, United Kingdom.
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