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Angelica treeAngelica tree
Angelica tree (Dendropanax arboreus)

Family: Araliaceae

Common names: Angelica tree, Banco, Bois negresse, Galipee, Lengua de vaca, Mano de leon, Mano de oso, Mano do oso, Maria molle, Nagua blanca, Nagua blanco, Pa, Palo de burro, Palo de danta, Palo santo, Pama, Pama banco, Pollo, Quesito, Vaquero

Distributed in: Bahamas, Bolivia, Colombia, Columbia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico [US], Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Common and widespread in tropical America, West Indies, Mexico, and southward to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and Bolivia. Frequently used for shade in coffee plantations.

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Building materials, Ceiling, Furniture, General carpentry, Interior construction, Interior trim, Light construction, Millwork, Moldings, Packing cases, Paneling , Particleboard, Plywood, Stairrails, Stairworks, Trimming, Veneer

Environment profile: Widespread

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m Cultivated as a shade trees on coffee plantations

Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureUniformand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Durable, The heartwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Silica Content: Siliceous

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Blunting Effect: High to severe

Boring: Good (75+ pieces out of 100 will yield good to excellent results)

Carving: Very good results

Cutting Resistance: Gum-Up

Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Moulding: Good response to moulding

Movement in Service: Good response to moulding

Nailing: Satisfactory nailing properties

Planing: Planed surfaces are often fuzzy

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Routing recessing: Good in both routing and recessing.

Sanding: Easy to sand

Veneering qualities: Easy to cut

Screwing: Good screw holding properties ; Turning: Poor results

Polishing: Fair to Good; Staining: Stains very well ;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,36
Density 512 kg/m3
Bending Strength 692 913 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 150 275 kg/cm2
Hardness 372 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 87 109 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 496 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9843 12992 psi
Density 32 lbs/ft3
Hardness 821 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 2139 3916 psi
Stiffness 1245 1557 1000 psi
Specific Gravity 0.36
Weight 31 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 14 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Max. crushing strength = low
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Bending strength (MOR) = high

Andy Poynter. 1993. Personal CommunicationChudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Little, E.L., Wadsworth, F.H.,1964,Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.249Takahashi, A.,1975,Compilation of data on the Mechanical Properties of Foreign Woods (Part 2,Central and South America,Shimane University, Japan, Research Report on Foreign Wood No.4
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