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Candelera
Candelera (Cordia collococea)

Family: Boraginaceae

Common names: Ateje, Candelera, Cereza cimarrona, Manjak, Mapou blanc

Distributed in: Guadeloupe (Central America)

Distribution overview: Various species in the hard-wooded or dark-colored Gerascanthus group of the genus Cordia grow in northern Florida, the West Indies, Central America southward to Brazil and Argentina. Species from Mexico grow at altitudes up to1640 feet (500 m) in tropical dry regions with average precipitation of about 40 inches (1000 mm).

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodYellow, Yellow reddish-brown.The grain isStraight to interlocked, the textureMediumand the lusterLustrous

Natural durability: Resistant to termites, Very durable

Kiln Schedules: T6 - D2 (4/4 - 6/4) US

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Good results

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Glues well

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Good nailing properties, Pre-Boring Recommended

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Poorly

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Very good results

Screwing: Pre-boring recommended ; Turning: Poor to Very Poor Results

Polishing: Fair to Good; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,43 0,5
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 480 780 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 62 26 kg/cm2
Hardness 360 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 90 kg/cm2
Stiffness 93 120 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,35 0,7 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 96 cm-kg
Static Bending 316 481 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6831 11094 psi
Crushing Strength 882 372 psi
Hardness 794 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3440 5978 psi
Shearing Strength 1294 psi
Static Bending 4508 6850 psi
Stiffness 1323 1715 1000 psi
Toughness 84 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 5 10 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.43 0.5
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 13 %

Resists denting and marring
Hardness (side grain) = hard
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = medium

Boone, R.S., C.J. Kozlik, P.J. Bois, E.M. Wengert. 1988. Dry Kiln Schedules for Commercial Hardwoods -Temperate and Tropical. USDA, 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.Wangaard, F.F., and A.F. Muschler. 1952. Tropical Woods - Properties and Uses of Tropical Woods, Volume III, No. 98. School of Forestry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
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