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West Indian boxwood
West Indian boxwood (Gossypiospermum praecox)

Family: Flacourtiaceae

Common names: Agracejo, Agracejo de monte, Boxwood maracaibo, Buis d'Amerique, Castelo, Cuchillo, India boxwood, Jia, Jia de monte, Lima, Limoncillo, Manzanito de montana, Manzano, Maracaibo boxwood, Marfil, Naranjillo, Palo blanco, Pau branco, Sapatero, Vara piedra, Venezuela boxwood, Venezuelan boxwood, West Indian boxwood, West Indian maracaibo boxwood, Westindisches buchs, Zapateiro, Zapatero, Zapatero de maracaibo

Distributed in: Colombia, Columbia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Mexico and Central America, or Caribbean, or tropical South America.

Common uses: Bearings & bushings, Bobbins, Boxes and crates, Brush backs & handles, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Core Stock, Decorative veneer, Engraving, Figured veneer, Flooring, Furniture, Inlay work, Instrument cases, Joinery, Mathematical instruments, Millwork, Musical instruments , Musical instruments, Musical instruments: piano, Ornamental work , Piano keys, Pianos , Plain veneer, Plywood, Precision instruments, Shuttles, Spindles, Spools, Sporting Goods, Textile equipment, Tool handles, Turnery, Veneer, Veneer: decorative, Woodwork

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodSame as heartwood, White to yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureVery fineand the lusterPronounced

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack by fungi and termites, Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera)

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Schedules: T3 - A1 (4/4) US

Kiln Drying Rate: Slow

Drying Defects: Severe surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Poor to very poor results

Carving: Fair to Good Results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Easy to glue

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Turning: Very good

Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Finish is generally satisfactory;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,63 0,77
Density 833 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 2 %
Weight 817 641 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 52 lbs/ft3
Specific Gravity 0.63 0.77
Weight 51 40 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 4 %

Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small

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