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Guaba
Guaba (Inga edulis)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Guaba, Guaba mansa, Guamo blanco, Guavo, Guayaniquil, Inga cipo, Pacay, Pois doux

Distributed in: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Joinery, Light construction, Plywood, Turnery

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

Colors: the heart isRed, Whiteand the sapwoodWhite, White to yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureCoarse

Natural durability: Perishable, Susceptible to insect attack

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Response to hand tools: Easy to Work


Polishing: Fair to Good;

  • Numerical data Metric
  • Numerical data English
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 654 1024 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness 601 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 132 kg/cm2
Stiffness 95 110 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9310 14566 psi
Hardness 1326 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1883 psi
Stiffness 1358 1568 1000 psi
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 11 %

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

Little, E.L.,1948,A Collection of Tree Specimens from Western Ecuador,Caribbean Forester,9(3,pp215-98Marshall, R.C.,1934,Trees of Trinidad and Tobago,Government Printer Port of Spain TrinidadMarshall, R.C.,1939,Silviculture of the trees of Trinidad and Tobago - British West Indies,O.U.P.,LondonPeru - P.A.D.T.,1981,Descripcion general y anatomica de 105 Maderas del Grupo Andino,Junta del Acuerdo de Cartagena, P.A.D.T. Report, Junac, Lima, Peru.Peru - P.A.D.T.,1981,Tablas de propiedades fisicas y mecariicas de la Madera de 24 especies de,Colombia,Junta del Acuerdo de Cartagena, P.A.D.T. Report, Lima, Peru.
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