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Black calabash
Black calabash (Enallagma latifolia)

Family: Bignoniaceae

Common names: Black calabash, Cacoa silvestre, Calabash, Calebassezombe, Camuro, Gsiikra, Guira, Guira boba, Guira de olor, Higuerillo, Huiro de montana, Jicarillo, Maguira, Masguira, Morito del rio, Taparito, Tutumillo, Tutumito, Wild calabash

Distributed in: Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, United States, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boxes and crates, Handles: general, Joinery, Millwork

Tree size: Tree height is 40-50 m

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodBrown, Red.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterLustrous

Natural durability: Resistant to powder post beetles, Susceptible to insect attack

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Checking, Distortion

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Very Good to Excellent Results


Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 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 %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English


Fors, A.J.,1965,Maderas Cubanas,Inst. Nac. Ref. Agraria La HabaraLittle, E.L.,1948,A Collection of Tree Specimens from Western Ecuador,Caribbean Forester,9(3,pp215-98Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1940,American Woods of the Family Bignoniaceae,Tropical Woods,8(63,pp 9-38Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressRecord, S.J., Mell, C.D.,1924,Timbers of Tropical America,Yale Univ. Press
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