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Anaura
Anaura (Licania buxiflora)

Family: Chrysobalanaceae

Common names: Anaura, Gris-gris, Gris-gris coumate, Gris-gris rouge, Kauston, Marish, Marishiballi, Sponsoehoedoe

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

Common uses: Boat building: framing, Bridge construction, Charcoal, Fuelwood, Heavy construction, Light construction, Marine construction, Piling, Posts, Shingles

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodPaler than heartwood, Red.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Resistant to powder post beetles, Susceptible to insect attack

Silica Content: Severe

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a moderate speed

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries at a moderate speed

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Moderately easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Response to hand tools: Difficult to machine

Routing recessing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 753 kg/m3
Bending Strength 1341 1911 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 595 827 kg/cm2
Hardness 1262 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 132 kg/cm2
Stiffness 181 211 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 833 737 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,63 0,84 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 19075 27192 psi
Density 47 lbs/ft3
Hardness 2784 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 8467 11767 psi
Shearing Strength 1883 psi
Stiffness 2578 3011 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 9 12 inch-lbs/in3
Weight 52 46 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 10 %

Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu. ft.
Work to Maximum Load = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very high
Density (dry weight) = 61 - 67 lbs/cu. ft.
Hardness (side grain) = very hard
Bending strength (MOR) = very high
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Max. crushing strength = very high
Max. crushing strength = high
Density (dry weight) = 53 - 60 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Hardness (side grain) = hard
Bending strength (MOR) = high

Brown, W.H.,1978,Timbers of the World, No. 2 South America,TRADA, Red Booklet SeriesFanshawe, D.B.,1954,Forest Products of British Guiana Part 1 Principal Timbers,Forest Department British Guiana Forestry Bulletin (New Series 2nd,Edition,No.1Longwood, F.R.,1962,Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.207Wangaard, F.F., et al,1954,Properties and Uses of Tropical Woods 4,Tropical Woods,14(99, pp1-187
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