Anacahuite (Citharexylum fruticosum)
Family: Verbenaceae
Common names: Anacahuite, Balsamo, Bois fidele, Cafe cimarron, Cafe marron, Canilla de venado, Collarete, Cucubano, Fiddlewood, Florida fiddlewood, Guairo santo, Guayo blanco, Higuerillo, Long-horn, Mangle de sabana, Old womans bitter, Palo de guitarra, Palo de violin, Palo guitarro, Pasture fiddlewood, Peda, Penda, Pendula, Roble amarillo, Roble de dulce, Roble de olor, Spicate fiddlewood, Susanaleche, Susanna
Distributed in: Cuba, Netherlands, Puerto Rico [US], United States (North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Common uses: Charcoal, Fuelwood, Furniture, Heavy construction, Musical instruments, Musical instruments: strings, Poles, Posts
Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m
Colors: the heart isRedand the sapwoodDifferent than heartwood
.The grain isStraight, the textureFine
Natural durability: Non-durable, Perishable
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly
Ease of Drying: Rapidly
Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood
Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work
Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
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Brazier, J.D., Franklin, G.L.,1967,An Appraisal of the Wood Characteristics and Potential Uses of some,Nicaraguan Timbers,FAO for Forest Products Research Laboratory, Princes RisboroughFors, A.J.,1965,Maderas Cubanas,Inst. Nac. Ref. Agraria La HabaraLamb, G.N.,1956,Foreign Woods Fiddlewood (Citharexylum friticosun) and Penda (Xanlhostemon,christanthus,Wood and Wood Products 61(7) p12Little, E.L., Wadsworth, F.H.,1964,Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.249Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressSchiffino, J.,1945,Riqueza Forestal Dominicana (Three volumes,Secretaria de Estado de Agric. Ind. y Trabajo
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