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Balata blanc
Balata blanc (Himatanthus articulata)

Family: Apocynaceae

Common names: Balata blanc, Bellaco-caspi, Carabina, Cipoal, Janahuba, Leche-leche, Leon, Malongo, Mapolo, Molongo, Perillo blanco, Sucuuba, Sucuuba rana, Wild jasmine

Distributed in: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Chemical derivatives, Food containers, Furniture, Heavy construction, Light construction, Particleboard, Plywood, Poles, Pulp/Paper products, Railroad ties

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

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

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera), Very durable

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a slow speed

Drying Defects: Slight end splitting

Ease of Drying: Easy

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Cutting Resistance: Cutting Resistance with dry wood is easy

Mortising: Easy to mortise

Moulding: Easy to mould

Movement in Service: Easy to mould

Planing: Easy to plane

Resistance to Impregnation: Heartwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Turning: Easy to turn

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 665 1038 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 401 599 kg/cm2
Hardness 451 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 109 kg/cm2
Stiffness 106 122 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9463 14768 psi
Hardness 995 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 5706 8526 psi
Shearing Strength 1560 psi
Stiffness 1511 1745 1000 psi
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 13 %

Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Max. crushing strength = high
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Max. crushing strength = medium
Shrinkage, Volumetric = fairly large
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Bending strength (MOR) = high

Erfurth, T., Rusche, H.,1976,The Marketing of Tropical Wood B. Wood Species from S. American Tropical,Moist Forests,F.A.O. Forestry DepartmentFalla Ramirez, A.,1971,Resultados de los estudios Fisico-Mecanicos de 41 especies Maderables de,la,region Carare-Opon. (Results of studies of the physical and mechanical,properties of 41 timber species of the Carare-Opon region.,Inst. de Desarrollo de los Recursos Naturales Renovables. Div. For.,Pleagble Divulgativo, Inderena Colombia,pp6Fanshawe, D.B.,1954,Forest Products of British Guiana Part 1 Principal Timbers,Forest Department British Guiana Forestry Bulletin (New Series 2nd,Edition,No.1Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressTakahashi, 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.4Venezuela-Laboratories Nacional de Productos Forestates,1974,Caraderisticas, Propiedades y usos de 104 Maderas de los allos Ilanos,occidentales,Min. Ag. y Cria, Universidad de Los andes, Merida, Venezuela Lab.Nac. de,Prod. For.Villamil, F.G.,1971,Maderas Colombianas,Proexpo Colombia
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