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Baraman
Baraman (Catostemma commune)

Family: Bombacaceae

Common names: Baraman, Baramanni, Baromalli, Common baromalli, Flambeau rouge

Distributed in: French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela (Latin America)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Cooperages, Flooring, Furniture, Light construction, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Sporting Goods, Tool handles

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureFineand the lusterDull

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera), Susceptible to insect attack

Kiln Schedules: UK=J US=T10D5S/T8D4S Fr=4

Drying Defects: Slight end splitting, Slight surface checking

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Blunting effect on machining is slight

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Easy to glue

Mortising: Moderately easy to mortise

Moulding: Moulding ease is moderate

Movement in Service: Moulding ease is moderate

Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Holds nails well

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Good

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Veneering qualities: Moderately easy to veneer, No drying degrade. Dries flat without splitting

Steam bending: Very poor


Painting: Good; Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Finish is generally satisfactory ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 560 kg/m3
Bending Strength 485 761 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness 144 kg
Impact Strength 71 cm
Shearing Strength 85 kg/cm2
Stiffness 106 122 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Weight 544 432 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,35 0,49 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 192 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6911 10833 psi
Density 35 lbs/ft3
Hardness 319 lbs
Impact Strength 28 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1221 psi
Stiffness 1511 1745 1000 psi
Toughness 167 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 5 7 inch-lbs/in3
Weight 34 27 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Tangential Shrinkage 10 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Max. crushing strength = medium
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Work to Maximum Load = very low
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = low
Toughness (total work) = low
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Bending strength (MOR) = medium

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