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American cyrilla
American cyrilla (Cyrilla racemiflora)

Family: Cyrillaceae

Common names: American cyrilla, Barril, Beetwood, Bloodwood, Bois couche, Clavellina, Colorado, Ironwood, Leatherwood, Llorona, Olivier montagne, Palo colorado, Palo de jutia, Piojillo, Piojito, Red titi, Sabina macho, Southern leatherwood, Swamp cyrilla, Titi, Tranca de puerto, Warimiri, White titi, Yanilla

Distributed in: Brazil, Cuba, French Guiana, Guadelope [France], Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico [US], United States, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Charcoal, Fuelwood, Furniture, Heavy construction, Light construction, Piling, Poles, Turnery, Wharf construction

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

Colors: the heart isRed, Reddish brownand the sapwoodPaler than heartwood .The grain isInterlocked, the textureMediumand the lusterSlightly lustrous

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

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a slow speed

Drying Defects: Severe surface checking, Severe twisting/warping

Ease of Drying: Fairly Easy

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is unknown

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring: Easy

Cutting Resistance: Cutting Resistance with dry wood is easy

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Finishes well

Moulding: Good finishing

Movement in Service: Good finishing

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Excellent

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Screwing: Easy to screw ; Turning: Good results


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 753 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 10 %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 737 592 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 47 lbs/ft3
Weight 46 37 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 10 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 14 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Volumetric = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.

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