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Aguacatillo
Aguacatillo (Hernandia sonora)

Family: Hernandiaceae

Common names: Aguacatillo, Cebo de burro, Foforite, Hernandia, Hoahoa, Hoja tamal, Jack in the box, Maga, Mago, Mango, Mano de leon, Palo de chicalpexte, Sea hearse, Tambor, Topolite, Toporite, Ventosa

Distributed in: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Mexico, Puerto Rico [US], Trinidad and Tobago, United States (Central America, Latin America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building: framing, Boxes and crates, Flooring, Light construction, Matches, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite, White to creamand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to marine borer attack, Very durable

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Variable

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as poor

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Poor moulding

Movement in Service: Poor moulding

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Poor to Very Poor

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Excellent

Response to hand tools: Moderate working qualities

Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Screwing: Pre-boring recommended, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 288 kg/m3
Bending Strength 303 464 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 100 188 kg/cm2
Hardness 144 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 62 kg/cm2
Stiffness 83 97 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 5 %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 288 240 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 4310 6606 psi
Density 18 lbs/ft3
Hardness 319 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 1432 2675 psi
Shearing Strength 882 psi
Stiffness 1188 1383 1000 psi
Weight 18 15 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 5 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 7 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Density (dry weight) = 15-22 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Volumetric = very small
Shrinkage, Volumetric = small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Bending strength (MOR) = very low
Bending strength (MOR) = low

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