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Aromata
Aromata (Clathrotropis brachypetala)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Aromata, Blackheart, Cabory, Mayaro poui, Timbo pau

Distributed in: Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Bridge construction, Flooring, Heavy construction, Piling, Railroad ties

Environment profile: Questionable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isPink, Purpleand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterDull

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

Silica Content: Slight

Drying Defects: Checking, Distortion

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Little

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: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Poor to Very Poor

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Moderate working qualities

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 945 kg/m3
Bending Strength 1026 1518 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 14597 21597 psi
Density 59 lbs/ft3
Weight 58 53 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = >75 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = very high
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = high

Brooks, R.L., et al,1941,Durability tests on Untreated Timbers in Trinidad,Caribbean Forester,2(3,pp101-119Brown, W.H.,1978,Timbers of the World, No. 9 Central America and the Caribbean,TRADA, Red Booklet SeriesErfurth, T., Rusche, H.,1976,The Marketing of Tropical Wood B. Wood Species from S. American Tropical,Moist Forests,F.A.O. Forestry DepartmentFanshawe, D.B.,1954,Forest Products of British Guiana Part 1 Principal Timbers,Forest Department British Guiana Forestry Bulletin (New Series 2nd,Edition,No.1Longwood, F.R.,1962,Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.207Marshall, R.C.,1934,Trees of Trinidad and Tobago,Government Printer Port of Spain Trinidad
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