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Trumpet wood
Trumpet wood (Cecropia peltata)

Family: Cecropiaceae

Common names: Ambahu , Boessi papaja, Bois canon, Cecropia, Cetico, Congo-pump, Guarumo, Imbauba, Pacuna, Trumpet wood, Trumpet-tree, Yagrumo, Yagrumo hembra

Distributed in: Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico [US], Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Throughout tropical America. Abundant in open areas and in forests, both virgin and cutover, often forming almost pure stands.

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Charcoal, Core Stock, Excelsior, Fuelwood, Joinery, Matches, Model airplanes, Paneling, Particleboard, Plywood corestock, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Pulpwood, Toys, Veneer

Environment profile: Rare

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 300-350 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureTypically coarse and the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: The heartwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack, The sapwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: Trumpet wood is similar to the North American Black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa ) in density and in mechanical properties.

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Poor to very poor results

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Poor to Very Poor

Moulding: Poor to Very Poor

Movement in Service: Poor to Very Poor

Nailing: Poor to Very Poor , Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Excellent

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Routing recessing: Poor to Very Poor Results

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Screwing: Screwing yields good results, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Turns with moderate ease

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Satisfactory The wood responds very poorly to varnishes and lacquer. ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,26
Density 352 kg/m3
Bending Strength 275 429 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 142 263 kg/cm2
Hardness 146 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 73 kg/cm2
Stiffness 66 81 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 336 272 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,35 0,49 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 70 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 3912 6108 psi
Density 22 lbs/ft3
Hardness 322 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 2026 3743 psi
Shearing Strength 1052 psi
Stiffness 949 1156 1000 psi
Toughness 61 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 5 7 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.26
Weight 21 17 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 8 %

Max. crushing strength = low 0
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Density (dry weight) = 15-22 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = very low
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Work to Maximum Load = very low
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Shrinkage, Volumetric = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = low
Surfaces may dent or scratch easily since the wood is soft. It is of average, or medium, density

Bendtsen, B.A.,1964,Some strength and related properties of yagrumo hembra (Cecropia peltata,from Puerto Rico,US. Forest Service, Research Note No. FPL-053, Forest Products Laboratory,,MadisonBerni, C.A., Bolza, E., Christensen, F.J.,1979,South American Timbers - The Characteristics, Properties and Uses of 190,Species,C.S.I.R.O Div. Building ResearchBoone, R.S., C.J. Kozlik, P.J. Bois and E.M. Wengert. 1988. Dry Kiln Schedules for Commercial Woods: Temperate and Tropical. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, General Technical Report FPL-GTR-57, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin.Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.I.U.F.R.O.,1973,Veneer Species of the World,Assembled at F.P.L. Madison on behalf of I.U.F.R.O. Working Party on,Slicing and Veneer CuttingLittle, E.L., Wadsworth, F.H.,1964,Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.249Longwood, F.R.,1961,Puerto Rican Woods - Their Machining Seasoning and Related Characteristics,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.205Marshall, R.C.,1934,Trees of Trinidad and Tobago,Government Printer Port of Spain TrinidadTakahashi, 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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