Capuli (Billia columbiana)
Family: Hippocastanaceae
Common names: Capuli, Capuli de montana, Cocora, Cucaracho
Distributed in: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America)
Common uses: Mine timbers
Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m
Colors: the heart isGreenish to greyish, Pale red to pinkand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isOther figure, the textureMediumand the lusterPronounced
Natural durability: Perishable, Very durable
Drying Defects: Checking
Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as satisfactory
Response to hand tools: Easy to machine
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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1000 kg/cm2 |
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Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Acosta-Solis, M.,1960,Maderas Economicas del Ecuador y sus Usos,Editorial Casa de la Culhra Ecuatoriana QuitoKramer, P.R.,1939,The woods of Billia, Cashalia, Henoonia and Juliania,Tropical Woods 8(58) pp1-5Little, E.L.,1948,A Collection of Tree Specimens from Western Ecuador,Caribbean Forester,9(3,pp215-98Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University Press
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