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Guaruba
Guaruba (Vochysia lanceolta)

Family: Vochysiaceae

Common names: Guaruba, Plumero, Quillosisa, Salado

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

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Flooring, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Plywood, Shingles, Tool handles, Toothpicks, Toys, Turnery, Vehicle parts, Veneer, Veneer: decorative

Tree size: Tree height is 0-10 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Durable, Non durable

Odor: Has a taste

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fair to Good Results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Heartwood is resistant

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fair to Good Results

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

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

Painting: Poor to Very Poor; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Fair to Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 641 kg/m3
Bending Strength 654 1024 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness 451 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 85 kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 135 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 624 496 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,35 0,49 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9310 14566 psi
Density 40 lbs/ft3
Hardness 995 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1221 psi
Stiffness 1665 1923 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 5 7 inch-lbs/in3
Weight 39 31 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 10 %

Mor/Bending strength = medium
Max. crushing strength = medium
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Work to Maximum Load = very low
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Very low
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Moderate
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.

Altamirano, S.V.,1992,Maderas de Bolivia (Caracteristicas y usos de 55 maderas tropicals,Camara Nacional ForestalPeru - P.A.D.T.,1981,Descripcion general y anatomica de 105 Maderas del Grupo Andino,Junta del Acuerdo de Cartagena, P.A.D.T. Report, Junac, Lima, Peru.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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