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Bitter angelim
Bitter angelim (Vatairea lundellii)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Bitter angelim, Bitterwood, Mountain cow wood

Distributed in: Belize, Brazil, Mexico (Central America, Latin America)

Common uses: Furniture, Heavy construction

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, White to yellow.The grain isInterlocked, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Susceptible to marine borer attack

Odor: Has an odor

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Kiln Drying Rate: Slow

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is cylindrical

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

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: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Unsuitable

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

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

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 753 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 737 592 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 47 lbs/ft3
Weight 46 37 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate

Belize,1946,42 Secondary Hardwood Timbers of British Honduras,British Honduras Forest Department Bulletin,No.1
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