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Capa de tabacoCapa de tabaco
Capa de tabaco (Couratari pulchra)

Family: Lecythidaceae

Common names: Capa de tabaco, Coco cabuyo, Congolo garapelo, Couatari, Imbirema, Ingiepipa, Ingipipa, Inguipipa, Mahot, Mahot cigare, Tabari, Tampipio, Tauari, Tauary, Wadara

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

Distribution overview: Various species in the genus Couratari are distributed from Costa Rica and Panama, southward to the Guianas and the Amazon region of Brazil.

Common uses: Balusters, Beams, Bent Parts, Boat building, Boxes and crates, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Casks, Chairs, Chests, Concrete formwork, Construction, Crossties, Decks, Decorative plywood, Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Exterior trim & siding, Exterior uses, Factory construction, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Flooring, Form work, Foundation posts, Framing, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, General carpentry, Hatracks, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Moldings, Railroad ties

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

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Tree height is 40-50 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellowish tingeand the sapwoodBrown, Yellow.The grain isStraight to interlocked, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Very durable, Very little natural resistance

Odor: Fetid odor

Silica Content: Likely to have significant impact on machining

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Blunting Effect: Moderate to severe

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Cutting Resistance: May require specially-tipped cutters

Gluing: Glues well

Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Nailing: Holds satisfactorily, Pre-Boring Recommended

Planing: Specially-tipped cutters recommended

Resistance to Abrasion: High

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable

Response to hand tools: Responds Poorly

Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Screwing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Pre-boring recommended; Turning: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,46 0,52
Density 673 kg/m3
Bending Strength 636 931 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 38 59 kg/cm2
Hardness 391 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 95 kg/cm2
Stiffness 119 124 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 560 464 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,56 0,84 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 140 cm-kg
Static Bending 371 666 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9055 13250 psi
Crushing Strength 549 843 psi
Density 42 lbs/ft3
Hardness 862 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 4175 7311 psi
Shearing Strength 1352 psi
Static Bending 5282 9486 psi
Stiffness 1695 1764 1000 psi
Toughness 122 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 8 12 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.46 0.52
Weight 35 29. lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 11 %

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

Chichignoud, M., G. Deon, P. Detienne, B. Parant, and P. Vantomme.1990.Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America.International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO, Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, Division of CIRAD, 45 bis Avenue de la Belle Gabrielle, Nogent-sur-marne, CEDEX, France.Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Maeglin, R., C. K. Baah, G. Troemmer, J. D. Danielson, and S. P. Loehnertz.1989.Pre-project Report:Sawing of Difficult Species. Prepared for International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin.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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