Azaharito (Tabernaemontana citrifolia)
Family: Apocynaceae
Common names: Azaharito, Berracho, Bois lait, Bois laite male, Buril, Chanchito de flores blancas, Cojon de mico, Cojon de verraco, Huevo de cochino, Huevo de gallo, Lechero, Lechoso, Palo de leche, Palo de leche macho, Pegojo, Pequerete, Verraco
Distributed in: Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Common uses: Charcoal, Fuelwood
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 300-350 cm
Colors: the heart isRed, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWavyand the lusterMedium
Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly
Drying Defects: Splitting
Ease of Drying: Slowly
Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good
Blunting Effect: High to severe
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Moulding: Very Good to Excellent
Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent
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: Easy to machine
Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results
Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy
Steam bending: Fair to Good Results
Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results;
Painting: Fair to Good; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Fair to Good; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;
- Numerical data Metric
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Caribbean Commission,1952,Information on properties of timbers gathered by questionnaire and,collated in the secretariat of the Caribbean Commission including some,related data from technical literature.,Caribbean Commission, Port of Spain, Trinidad Caribbean Timbers, their,Utilization and Trade within the area CTUTA/1/Doc.7 + App.1-18Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressRecord, S.J.,1927,Trees of Honduras,Tropical Woods,10, pp10-47Schiffino, J.,1945,Riqueza Forestal Dominicana (Three volumes,Secretaria de Estado de Agric. Ind. y TrabajoWood, B., Calnan, D.,1976,Toxic Woods,British Journal of Dermat 94 Suppl. 13
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