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OjocheOjoche
Ojoche (Brosimum costaricanum)

Family: Moraceae

Common names: Ojoche

Distributed in: Costa Rica (Central America)

Common uses: Fuelwood, Furniture, Heavy construction, Light construction, Plywood, Railroad ties, Tool handles, Veneer: decorative

Environment profile: Questionable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStriped figure, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterPronounced

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a moderate speed

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Poor to Very Poor , Pre-Boring Recommended

Planing: Poor to Very Poor

Resistance to Abrasion: High

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Poorly

Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results

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

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 817 kg/m3
Bending Strength 654 1024 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness 752 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 135 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 801 641 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9310 14566 psi
Density 51 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1658 lbs
Stiffness 1665 1923 1000 psi
Weight 50 40 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Dnesity (dry wieght) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu.ft.
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.

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 LaboratoryRecord, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1940,American Woods of the Family Moraceae,Tropical Woods,8(61,pp11-54Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressSlooten, H.J. van der, Gonzalez, M.E.,1970,Mederas Latinoamericanos 5 Carapa sp., Virola koschnyi, Terminalia lucida,y Brosimim costaricanum,Turrialba,20(4,pp503-10Takahashi, 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.4
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