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Bogamani verde
Bogamani verde (Dialyanthera otoba)

Family: Myristicaceae

Common names: Bogamani verde, Coco, Cuangare, Fruta dorado, Otivo, Otoba, Otobo, Otova, Saba, Sacsa, Sebo, Virola, White cedar

Distributed in: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Furniture, Joinery, Light construction, Paneling, Particleboard, Plywood corestock, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterPronounced

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

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Checking, Moderate collapse and honeycombing

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Holds nails well, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine



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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 400 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 62 kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 400 336 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 25 lbs/ft3
Shearing Strength 882 psi
Weight 25 21 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.

Berni, C.A., Bolza, E., Christensen, F.J.,1979,South American Timbers - The Characteristics, Properties and Uses of 190,Species,C.S.I.R.O Div. Building ResearchErfurth, T., Rusche, H.,1976,The Marketing of Tropical Wood B. Wood Species from S. American Tropical,Moist Forests,F.A.O. Forestry DepartmentGarratt, G.A.,1933,Systematic anatomy of the woods of the Myristicacaeae,Tropical Woods,5(35,pp6-48Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressU.S.D.A. Forest Service,1974,Wood Handbook,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Handbook,72
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