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Bahia woodBahia wood
Bahia wood (Guilandina echinata)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Bahia wood, Bois de Bresil, Brasilete, Brasiletto, Brasilienholz, Brasillet de fernambouc, Brazil wood, Braziletto, Brazilwood, Bresil, Fernambucco, Fernambuco, Fernambuco wood, Fernambukholz, Ibirapitanga, Legno del Brasile, Legno di Santa Maria, Legno rosso, Orabuta, Palo Brasil, Palo de pernambuco, Pao Brasil, Para, Pau Brasil claro, Pau Brasil escuro, Pau Brazil, Pau rosado, Pau-pernambuco, Peachwood, Pernambucco, Pernambuco wood, Sapan, Verzino, Verzino del Brasile, Violin bow wood, Ymira piranga, Zapan

Distributed in: Brazil, Colombia (Latin America)

Common uses: Boat building: framing, Carvings, Chemical derivatives, Flooring, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Mine timbers, Musical instruments, Musical instruments: strings, Railroad ties, Structural work, Turnery, Vehicle parts

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterPronounced

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

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: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Moderate working qualities

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy ; Turning: Easy to turn

Polishing: Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 945 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 6 %
Weight 929 849 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 59 lbs/ft3
Weight 58 53 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Density (dry weight) = >75 lbs/cu. ft
Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu.ft
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft

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