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BambuloBambulo
Bambulo (Pterocarpus officinalis)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Bambulo, Bebe, Bebe hoedoe, Bois pale, Cacu, Chajada amarilla, Corkwood, Cowee, Drago, Dragon tree, Hoogland bebe, Kaway, Lagunero, Mangle medaille, Moutouchi, Moutouchi de savane, Mucutena, Mututy, Paletuvier, Palo de pollo, Sabrojo, Sang dragon, Sangre, Sangre de drago, Sangre gado, Sangrillo, Sangrito, Swamp bloodwood, Swamp kaway, Waata gwe-gwe, Watra bebe

Distributed in: Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico [US], Suriname (Central America, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Concrete formwork, Food containers, Furniture, Joinery, Light construction, Particleboard

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isPurple, Whiteand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera), Susceptible to marine borer attack

Drying Defects: Extension of Existing Shakes, Ring Shakes

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is misshapen

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

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: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results

Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 496 kg/m3
Bending Strength 373 576 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness 298 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 109 kg/cm2
Stiffness 87 101 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 480 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 5310 8198 psi
Density 31 lbs/ft3
Hardness 657 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1560 psi
Stiffness 1245 1445 1000 psi
Weight 30 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 15-22 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = very low
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Bending strength (MOR) = 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 ResearchErfurth, T., Rusche, H.,1976,The Marketing of Tropical Wood B. Wood Species from S. American Tropical,Moist Forests,F.A.O. Forestry DepartmentFanshawe, D.B.,1954,Forest Products of British Guiana Part 1 Principal Timbers,Forest Department British Guiana Forestry Bulletin (New Series 2nd,Edition,No.1Little, E.L., Wadsworth, F.H.,1964,Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.249Little, E.L.,1948,A Collection of Tree Specimens from Western Ecuador,Caribbean Forester,9(3,pp215-98Marshall, R.C.,1939,Silviculture of the trees of Trinidad and Tobago - British West Indies,O.U.P.,LondonTakahashi, A.,1975,Compilation of data on the Mechanical Properties of Foreign Woods (Part 2,Central and South America,Shimane University, Japan, Research Report on Foreign Wood No.4Vink, A.T.,1965,Surinam Timbers,Surinam Forest Service Paramaribo,3rd rev. ed.
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