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Algodon
Algodon (Chorisia insignis)

Family: Bombacaceae

Common names: Algodon, Algoneiro, Barriguda, Corisa, Lluchan, Lupuna, Mandiyu-ra, Paina, Painera, Palo borracho, Palo borracho de flor amarillo, Palo botella, Samohu, Samohu moroti, Samohu pyta, Yuchan, Zamuhu

Distributed in: Argentina, Brazil, Peru (Latin America)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Canoes, Cooperages, Plywood corestock, Tool handles

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Kiln Schedules: UK=A US=T2D4/T2D3 Fr=1

Kiln Drying Rate: Slow (18-28 days for boards < 32 mm, to 52-84 days for boards >= 63 mm) Kiln drying rate (green to 12% mc) is slow, longer than 28 days for a board under 32 mm, to more than 84 days for a board 63 mm and thicker

Drying Defects: Moderate end spitting, Moderate surface checking

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring: Easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Finishes well

Moulding: Easy to mould

Movement in Service: Easy to mould

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Turning: Good results


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 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 3 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = very small

Celulosa Argentina,1973,Libro del Arbol,Celulosa Argentina Buenos Aires 3 VolsKukachka, B.F.,1961,Corisa (Chorisia insignis,USA Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison,,Foreign Woods Series,No.1996Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressRecord, S.J., Mell, C.D.,1924,Timbers of Tropical America,Yale Univ. PressTakahashi, 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.4Tortorelli, L.,1956,Maderas y Bosques Argentinos,Editorial Acme S.A.C.I. Buenos Aires
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