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Baboen
Baboen (Virola sebifera)

Family: Myristicaceae

Common names: Baboen, Babun, Bagabani, Banak, Camaticaro, Chalviande, Cumala, Dalli, Moonba, Sangre, Sangre de toro, Sangrede foro, Sangrino, St. Jean Rouge, Ucuhuba, Ucuuba, Venhuba, Virola, Yamadou

Distributed in: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Peru, Suriname (Central America, Latin America)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Coffins, Cooperages, Food containers, Furniture, Joinery, Light construction, Matches, Paneling, Particleboard, Plywood, Toothpicks, Turnery, Veneer

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles, Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera)

Drying Defects: Moderate collapse and honeycombing, Severe cupping

Ease of Drying: Moderate

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is cylindrical

Boring: Moderately easy

Cutting Resistance: Cutting Resistance with green wood is easy

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Moderately easy to mortise

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Holds satisfactorily

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Heartwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Good

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Veneering qualities: Easy to cut

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Screwing yields satisfactory results; Turning: Finish is generally satisfactory

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

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 544 kg/m3
Bending Strength 609 954 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 132 kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 135 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 528 416 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 8670 13570 psi
Density 34 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1883 psi
Stiffness 1665 1923 1000 psi
Weight 33 26 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Max. crushing strength = medium
Crushing strength = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Bending strength (MOR) = 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 ResearchBrown, 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 DepartmentGarratt, G.A.,1933,Systematic anatomy of the woods of the Myristicacaeae,Tropical Woods,5(35,pp6-48Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressTakahashi, 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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