Leche perra (Helicostylis tomentosa)
Family: Moraceae
Common names: Aimpem, Basri, Basri letri, Basri pauletoe, Berba, Berekoro, Bi, Birsk, Boelikoro, Charo, Chayba, Choyba, Choybu, Feguo, Inare, Jabaty, Jaboty, Kaba-kra, Kabakra, Kapitin hoedoe, Kubrakra ojuche, Leche perra, Letri, Letterhout, Man letter, Moejepau lattoe, Muiratinga, Oenbatapo, Ojoche, Ombatapo, Paida, Pauleto aledin, Perokoti, Poevinga, Querendo, Sabana letri, Sokone fieroberoe, Sokone koereroe, Sukune, Toekoesi paida, Tokoloapolikiri, Tokora apolinore, Wamiriaballi
Distributed in: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America)
Distribution overview: Bahia, Brazil, through the Amazon region to northeastern Peru, Colombia, and the Guianas.
Common uses: Flooring, Furniture , Furniture, Heavy construction, Turnery
Environment profile: Status unknown in many of its growth areas
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm
Colors: the heart isGreen/grey, Ocassionally black and yellow streaksand the sapwoodWell defined, White to yellow.The grain isStraight to roey, the textureMediumand the lusterSlightly lustrous
Natural durability: Sapwood is vulnerable to blue stain, Very durable
Odor: No specific smell or taste
Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast
Ease of Drying: Seasons easily with little degrade
Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight
Blunting Effect: Severe
Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult
Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Nailing: Fair to Good , Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Planing: good
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Responds Readily
Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Painting: Surface Preparation; Polishing: Good; Varnishing: Surface Preparation;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Item |
Green |
Dry |
Metric |
Specific Gravity |
0,65 |
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Density |
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865 |
kg/m3 |
Bending Strength |
1212 |
1790 |
kg/cm2 |
Crushing Strength |
488 |
821 |
kg/cm2 |
Hardness |
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1200 |
kg |
Impact Strength |
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cm |
Shearing Strength |
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kg/cm2 |
Stiffness |
166 |
199 |
1000 kg/cm2 |
Tangential Shrinkage |
9 |
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% |
Radial Shrinkage |
5 |
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% |
Weight |
849 |
641 |
kg/m3 |
Maximum Load |
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cm-kg/cm3 |
Toughness |
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293 |
cm-kg |
Static Bending |
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kg/cm2 |
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| | | | Item | Green | Dry | English | Bending Strength | 17241 | 25463 | psi | Density | | 54 | lbs/ft3 | Hardness | | 2646 | lbs | Maximum Crushing Strength | 6950 | 11690 | psi | Stiffness | 2373 | 2834 | 1000 psi | Toughness | | 255 | inch-lbs | Specific Gravity | 0.65 | | | Weight | 53 | 40 | lbs/ft3 | Radial Shrinkage | 5 | | % | Tangential Shrinkage | 9 | | % | Volumetric Shrinkage | 14 | | % | |
Bending strength (MOR) = very high Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large Max. crushing strength = very high Bending strength (MOR) = high Weight = very heavy Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very high Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high Max. crushing strength = medium Max. crushing strength = high Density = very high Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft. Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft. Compression strength (parallel to grain) = very high
Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1940,American Woods of the Family Moraceae,Tropical Woods,8(61,pp11-54Takahashi, A.,1975,Compilation of data on the Mechanical Properties of Foreign Woods (Part 2,Central and South America,Shimane University, Japan, Research Report on Foreign Wood No.4WCMC. 1992. Conservation Status Listing: Trees and Timbers of the World. World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC, Plants Program, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 ODL, United Kingdom.
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