Anaura (Licania heteromorpha)
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Common names: Anaura, Buruburuli, Gavilan colorada, Grigri, Sponshout
Distributed in: French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname (Latin America)
Common uses: Boat building (general), Bridge construction, Piling
Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m
Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterSlightly lustrous
Natural durability: Resistant to attack from marine borers, Resistant to marine borers
Silica Content: Severe
LightInduced Color Change: Darker
Drying Defects: Checking, Distortion
Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult
Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is buttressed
Blunting Effect: Blunting effect on machining is severe
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Resistance to Impregnation: Heartwood is moderately resistant
Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
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- References
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Density (dry weight) = 61 - 67 lbs/cu. ft.
Amos, G.L.,1951,Some siliceous timbers of British Guiana,Caribbean Forester (3; 4) 133-7, 139-40.Fanshawe, D.B.,1954,Forest Products of British Guiana Part 1 Principal Timbers,Forest Department British Guiana Forestry Bulletin (New Series 2nd,Edition,No.1Vink, A.T.,1965,Surinam Timbers,Surinam Forest Service Paramaribo,3rd rev. ed.
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