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Capa de tabacoCapa de tabaco
Capa de tabaco (Couratari guianensis)

Family: Lecythidaceae

Common names: Capa de tabaco, Coco cabuyo, Congolo garapelo, Couatari, Fine leaf wadara, Iengipipa, Imbirema, Ingie-pipa, Ingiepipa, Ingipipa, Inguipipa, Irimariye, Irimiyar, Mahot, Mahot cigare, Marimari, Tabari, Tampipio, Tauari, Tauary, Urimari, Wadara, Waranaka

Distributed in: Brazil, Colombia, Columbia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America)

Distribution overview: Grows in the hill forests in Costa Rica, Panama, and adjacent Colombia, as well as in diverse forest types from Venezuela and the Guianas to Amazonian Brazil.

Common uses: Balusters, Bent Parts, Boxes and crates, Building construction, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Casks, Ceiling, Chairs, Chests, Concrete formwork, Construction, Crossties, Decorative plywood, Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Flooring, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Form work, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Furniture, General carpentry, Hatracks, Heavy construction, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Light construction, Living-room suites, Marine construction, Millwork, Moldings, Office furniture, Packing cases, Parquet flooring, Piling, Plywood, Railroad ties, Veneer, Wheel spokes, Wheels

Product sources: The ITTO reports that the species is an important source of timber. The timber is exported in low quantities.

Environment profile: Status unknown in many of its growth areas

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow to golden-yellow to orange, Yellowish tingeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight to interlocked, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Very durable, Very little natural resistance

Odor: Has an odor

Silica Content: Moderate silica contact

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good General finishing qualities are rated as satisfactory

Blunting Effect: Moderate to severe

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Generally good results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Holds satisfactorily

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Satisfactory

Response to hand tools: Variable qualities

Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Veneering qualities: Good gluing qualities

Steam bending: Poor

Screwing: Easy to screw ; Turning: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Painting: Satisfactory; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Satisfactory;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,42
Density 673 kg/m3
Bending Strength 638 963 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 305 509 kg/cm2
Hardness 451 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 101 kg/cm2
Stiffness 122 134 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 608 496 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,35 0,49 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9077 13705 psi
Density 42 lbs/ft3
Hardness 995 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 4345 7252 psi
Shearing Strength 1447 psi
Stiffness 1739 1908 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 5 7 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.42
Weight 38 31 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 11 %

Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Max. crushing strength = medium
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Work to Maximum Load = very low
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Max. crushing strength = high
Heavy
Hardness (side grain) = hard
Density = high
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high
Bending strength (MOR) = very low

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