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AmateAmate
Amate (Ficus glabrata)

Family: Moraceae

Common names: Amate, Cow fig, Higueron, Quam fig, Wild fig

Distributed in: Belize, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America)

Common uses: Boxes and crates

Environment profile: Abundant/Secure

Tree size: Tree height is 40-50 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureFineand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Perishable, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Moderate twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Variable

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as satisfactory

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Poor to Very Poor

Moulding: Poor moulding

Movement in Service: Poor moulding

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Planes to a satisfactory finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Good

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Very Good to Excellent Results

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Poor to Very Poor Results

Painting: Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 352 kg/m3
Bending Strength 429 674 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Weight 352 288 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6111 9589 psi
Density 22 lbs/ft3
Weight 22 18 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 13 %

Shrinkage, Volumetric = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 15-22 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = low

Belize,1946,42 Secondary Hardwood Timbers of British Honduras,British Honduras Forest Department Bulletin,No.1Little, E.L.,1948,A Collection of Tree Specimens from Western Ecuador,Caribbean Forester,9(3,pp215-98Record, S.J.,1927,Trees of Honduras,Tropical Woods,10, pp10-47
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