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Amor dobrado
Amor dobrado (Warscewiczia coccinea)

Family: Rubiaceae

Common names: Amor dobrado, Barba de gallo, Clavellino, Curacy, Curacy mira, Geniparama, Jaya-coma, Picapau, Puca-sisa, Quinilla, Rabo de arara, Rafeicano, Shambosisa, Tayacona, Wakamy, Wild poinsettia

Distributed in: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago (Central America, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Furniture, Joinery, Light construction, Plywood, Turnery

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureFine to mediumand the lusterPronounced

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

Drying Defects: Moderate surface checking

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Easy to nail

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Splitting: Satisfactory

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Screwing: Difficult to screw ; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 673 kg/m3
Bending Strength 654 1024 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 485 699 kg/cm2
Hardness 451 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 109 kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 135 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 657 528 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9310 14566 psi
Density 42 lbs/ft3
Hardness 995 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 6899 9945 psi
Shearing Strength 1560 psi
Stiffness 1665 1923 1000 psi
Weight 41 33 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 13 %

Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Max. crushing strength = high
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Shrinkage, Volumetric = fairly large
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large

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