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Alcarreto (Aspidosperma megalocarpon)

Family: Apocynaceae

Common names: Alcarreto, Araracanga, Ararauba da terra firme, Ballester, Bayalte, Bois macaque, Chichi, Chichica, Chichique, Chicique, Copachi, Costillo, Gavetillo, Hielillo, Huichichi, Jacamim, Kromanti kopi, Malady, Malaria, Maparana, My lady, Ocre, Pelmax, Piquia marfim, Sibadanni, Volador

Distributed in: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Flooring, Furniture, Handles: woodworking tools, Heavy construction, Light construction, Paneling, Plywood, Poles, Railroad ties, Sporting Goods

Tree size: Tree height is 40-50 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodSame as heartwood, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Moderately resistant to marine borer attack, Resistant to marine borers

Drying Defects: Slight end splitting, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Fairly Easy

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Nailing: Difficult to nail, Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Satisfactory;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 897 kg/m3
Bending Strength 899 1364 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 521 738 kg/cm2
Hardness 1192 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 166 kg/cm2
Stiffness 168 196 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 881 705 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 12795 19405 psi
Density 56 lbs/ft3
Hardness 2628 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 7413 10508 psi
Shearing Strength 2373 psi
Stiffness 2402 2789 1000 psi
Weight 55 44 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 10 %

Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very high
Max. crushing strength = very high
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Max. crushing strength = medium
Hardness (side grain) = very hard
Hardness (side grain) = hard
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very high
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = very high

Belize,1946,42 Secondary Hardwood Timbers of British Honduras,British Honduras Forest Department Bulletin,No.1Flores Rodriguez, L.J.,1969,Description Caracteristicas y usos de 25 Maderas tropicales,Mexicanas,Camera Nacional de la Industria de la Construccion Serie Maderas de MexicoGomez-Vazquez, B.G.,1981,Wood structure and potential end uses of some lesser known Mexican timber,species,Thesis for Msc. Univ. Wales BangorHoward, A.L.,1948,A Manual of Timbers of the World.,Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London 3rd ed.Kribs, D.A.,1950,Commercial and Foreign Woods on the American Market (a manual to their,structure, identification, uses and distribution,U.S.A. Penn. State College, Tropical Woods LaboratoryPennington, T.D., Sarukhan, J.,1968,Manual para la Identificacion de campo de los Principales Arboles,Tropicales de Mexico,Inst. Nac. Inv. For. MexicoRecord, 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.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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