
Broadleaf (Terminalia guyanensis)
Family: Combretaceae
Common names: Broadleaf, Canxun, Chcharron amarillo, Chicharron, Cochun, Guayabo, Guayabo de montana, Guayo, Jucarillo, Naranjo, Nargusta, Olivier mangue, Poirier, Volador, White olivier
Distributed in: Venezuela (Central America)
Distribution overview: Common in the monsoon forests of Venezuela.
Common uses: Bedroom suites, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Core Stock, Decorative veneer, Domestic flooring, Drawer sides, Exterior trim & siding, Exterior uses, Factory flooring, Figured veneer, Flooring, Furniture , General carpentry, Interior construction, Interior trim, Kitchen cabinets, Living-room suites, Millwork, Moldings, Office furniture, Parquet flooring, Plain veneer, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Shakes, Sheathing, Shingles, Shipbuilding, Siding, Sub-flooring, Trimming, Turnery, Veneer, Wainscotting
Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm
Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowish-Olive and the sapwoodBrown, Red.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterStripe (figure)
Odor: Mild odor
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly
Drying Defects: Distortion, Slight warping and checking during air-season
Ease of Drying: Veneer dries relatively rapidly, with little degrade except slight tendency to split
Blunting Effect: Little
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Cutting Resistance: Easy 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: Very Good to Excellent
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Responds Readily
Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Veneering qualities: Suitable for peeling, Suitable for slicing
Steam bending: Fair to Good Results
Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Polishing: Fair to Good; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Item |
Green |
Dry |
Metric |
Specific Gravity |
0,56 |
0,6 |
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Density |
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785 |
kg/m3 |
Bending Strength |
647 |
874 |
kg/cm2 |
Crushing Strength |
48 |
73 |
kg/cm2 |
Hardness |
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475 |
kg |
Impact Strength |
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cm |
Shearing Strength |
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105 |
kg/cm2 |
Stiffness |
91 |
108 |
1000 kg/cm2 |
Tangential Shrinkage |
6 |
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% |
Radial Shrinkage |
4 |
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% |
Weight |
769 |
624 |
kg/m3 |
Maximum Load |
0,56 |
0,7 |
cm-kg/cm3 |
Toughness |
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115 |
cm-kg |
Static Bending |
398 |
558 |
kg/cm2 |
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 |  |  |  | Item | Green | Dry | English | Bending Strength | 9212 | 12436 | psi | Crushing Strength | 686 | 1049 | psi | Density | | 49 | lbs/ft3 | Hardness | | 1049 | lbs | Maximum Crushing Strength | 4155 | 6595 | psi | Shearing Strength | | 1499 | psi | Static Bending | 5664 | 7948 | psi | Stiffness | 1303 | 1539 | 1000 psi | Toughness | | 100 | inch-lbs | Work to Maximum Load | 8 | 10 | inch-lbs/in3 | Specific Gravity | 0.56 | 0.6 | | Weight | 48 | 39. | lbs/ft3 | Radial Shrinkage | 4 | | % | Tangential Shrinkage | 6 | | % | Volumetric Shrinkage | 9 | | % | |
Resists denting and marring Heavy Hard Dense Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high Bending strength (MOR) = high
Record, S.J. and R.W. Hess. 1943. Timbers of the New World. Published on the Charles Lathrop Pack Foundation, Yale University Press, New Haven CT.Wangaard, F.F., and A.F. Muschler. 1952. Tropical Woods - Properties and Uses of Tropical Woods, Volume III, No. 98. School of Forestry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
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