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Para angelim
Para angelim (Hymenolobium excelsum)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Angelim, Angelim do Para, Angelim dos amarelos, Angelim pedra, Caramate, Ere joeroe, Erejoeroe, Lialiadon koleroe, Lialiandan koleroe, Para angelim, Para-angelim, Saandoe, Sapupira amarell, Sapupira amarella, St. Martin jaune

Distributed in: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname (Latin America)

Distribution overview: Upland forests of the central and eastern parts of the Brazilian Amazon region and extending northward into the Guianas and southward to Rio de Janeiro.

Common uses: Boat building: decking, Boat building: planking, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Cabinetmaking, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Construction, Crossties, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Furniture, General carpentry, Handles: general, Hatracks, Heavy construction, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Ladders, Light construction, Living-room suites, Marine construction, Millwork, Mine timbers, Office furniture, Paneling, Parquet flooring, Picture frames, Piling, Plywood, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Railroad ties, Rustic furniture, Stools, Sub-flooring, Tables , Turnery, Utility furniture, Vehicle parts, Veneer, Veneer: decorative, Wardrobes

Product sources: The ITTO reports that the species is a very important source of timber. It is exported frequently. The wood is imported from Brazil into Spain, Italy, and Japan.

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStriped figure, the textureUnevenand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Very durable, Very durable

Odor: No specific smell or taste

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Kiln Drying Rate: Rapid

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is cylindrical

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Slight

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Good results

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

Gluing: Surface Preparation

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Good finishing

Movement in Service: Good finishing

Nailing: Satisfactory nailing properties, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Good in both routing and recessing.

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Suitable for peeling, Suitable for slicing

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results

Screwing: Satisfactory screwing properties, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Poor to Very Poor Results

Painting: Fair to Good; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Fair to Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,59
Density 769 kg/m3
Bending Strength 942 1283 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 93 116 kg/cm2
Hardness 888 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 144 kg/cm2
Stiffness 131 145 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 753 608 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,63 0,84 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 229 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 13400 18255 psi
Crushing Strength 1323 1656 psi
Density 48 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1958 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 6783 9016 psi
Shearing Strength 2061 psi
Stiffness 1874 2064 1000 psi
Toughness 199 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 9 12 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.59
Weight 47 38 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 10 %

Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Max. crushing strength = high
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Max. crushing strength = medium
Hardness (side grain) = hard
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Work to Maximum Load = very low
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Hardness (side grain) = medium

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