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Brown ebony
Brown ebony (Caesalpinia granadillo)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Brown ebony, Cocus wood, Coffeewood, Cuji yaque, Ebano, Eleten, Granadillo, Grenadille, Guayacan, Maracaibo, Maracaibo ebony, Mesquite, Pao ferro, Partridge wood, Yaqye

Distributed in: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America)

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Charcoal, Furniture, Handles: general, Heavy construction, Joinery, Piling, Railroad ties, Sporting Goods, Tool handles, Turnery, Veneer: decorative

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Reddish brownand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStriped figure, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterMedium

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

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a slow speed

Drying Defects: Distortion

Ease of Drying: Requires special attention

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Poor to Very Poor

Movement in Service: Poor to Very Poor

Nailing: Fair to Good , Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Poor to Very Poor

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Poor to Very Poor Results

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Poor to Very Poor Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 1009 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 993 897 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 63 lbs/ft3
Weight 62 56 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Density (dry weight) = > 75 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dryweight ) = 67-75 lbs cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large

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