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Baboen
Baboen (Virola melinonii)

Family: Myristicaceae

Common names: Baboen, Baboenhout, Banak, Becuiba, Bouchi moulomba, Camaticaro virola, Dalli, Hill dalli, Hoogland baboen, Hooglandboen, Irikwa, Matou moulomba, Mattoe moenba, Pintri, Pintrie, Ucuhuba, Ucuuba, Ucuuba preta, Yayamadou, Yayamadou grand bois, Yayamadou montagne

Distributed in: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Suriname (Central America, Latin America)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Coffins, Concrete formwork, Cooperages, Food containers, Furniture, Matches, Millwork, Particleboard, Plywood corestock, Plywood, Veneer

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellowand the sapwoodPale pink, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterPronounced

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera), Very durable

Kiln Schedules: Uk=H US=T10D4S/T8D3S Fr=7

Drying Defects: Slight spring/bow, Slight surface checking

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Easy to glue

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Satisfactory moulding

Movement in Service: Satisfactory moulding

Nailing: Easy to nail

Planing: Planes to a satisfactory finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Heartwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Good

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Moderately easy to veneer, Suitable for peeling

Screwing: Easy to screw ; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Finish is generally good ; Varnishing: Satisfactory;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 512 kg/m3
Bending Strength 479 751 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness 144 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 68 kg/cm2
Stiffness 97 113 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Weight 496 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,35 0,49 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6823 10695 psi
Density 32 lbs/ft3
Hardness 319 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 978 psi
Stiffness 1388 1612 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 5 7 inch-lbs/in3
Weight 31 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Tangential Shrinkage 10 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. 1
Max. crushing strength = medium
Crushing strength = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Work to Maximum Load = very low
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low

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 ResearchBois et Forets des Tropiques,1984,Yayamadou montagne - Virola melinonii (R.Ben) A.C. Smith,Bois et Forets des Tropiques Vol. 203 p.62Brown, W.H.,1978,Timbers of the World, No. 2 South America,TRADA, Red Booklet SeriesErfurth, T., Rusche, H.,1976,The Marketing of Tropical Wood B. Wood Species from S. American Tropical,Moist Forests,F.A.O. Forestry DepartmentFrance - C.T.F.T./C.T.B.,1982,Guide pour le Choix des Essences Deroulables-pour la fabrication du,contreplaque,C.T.F.T./C.T.B. FrancePolak, A.M.,1992,Major Timber Trees of Guyana A Field Guide,The Tropenbos Foundation Wageningen, The NetherlandsTakahashi, 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.Wangaard, F.F., W.L. Stern, and S.L. Goodrich. 1955. Tropical Woods - Properties and Uses of Tropical Woods, Volume V, No. 103. School of Forestry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
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