Acacia (Leucaena glauca)
Family: Leguminosae
Distributed in: Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, United States, Venezuela (Africa, Central America, Latin America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Common uses: Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Charcoal, Fuelwood, Furniture, Light construction, Posts, Pulp/Paper products, Sporting Goods
Tree size: Tree height is 0-10 m
Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow
.The grain isWeak (figure), the textureFine
Natural durability: Perishable, Susceptible to insect attack
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly
Ease of Drying: Rapidly
Response to hand tools: Easy to machine
Polishing: Good;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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E.H. Walker,1954,Important Trees of the Ryukyu Islands,United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands Special Bulletin,No. 3Escolano et al, E.U.,1978,Proximate Chemical Composition of Giant Ipil - Ipil (Leucaena bucocephala,Wood from Different Sources,Forpride Digest 7(1) pp18-21Little, E.L., Wadsworth, F.H.,1964,Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.249Nation Research Council,1980,Firewood Crops Shrub and Tree Species for Energy Production,National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C.Oakes, A.J.,1968,Leucaena bucocephola - Description - Culture - Utilization,Advancing Frontiers of Plant Sciences Vol.20 pp1-114Pennington, T.D., Sarukhan, J.,1968,Manual para la Identificacion de campo de los Principales Arboles,Tropicales de Mexico,Inst. Nac. Inv. For. MexicoRecord, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University Press
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