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Caripe
Caripe (Licania hypoleouca)

Family: Chrysobalanaceae

Common names: Caripe, Chozo, Icaquito, Mezcla, Pigeon plum

Distributed in: Belize, Colombia, Guatemala, Venezuela (Central America, Latin America)

Common uses: Heavy construction, Shingles

Tree size: Tree height is 50-60 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodColor not distinct from heartwood .The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterDull

Natural durability: Resistant to marine borers, Resistant to termites

Drying Defects: Checking, Distortion

Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good General finishing qualities are rated as satisfactory

Blunting Effect: High to severe

Cutting Resistance: Cutting Resistance with green wood is difficult

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work



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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 817 kg/m3
Bending Strength 598 936 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 380 574 kg/cm2
Hardness 601 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 85 kg/cm2
Stiffness 111 129 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 801 641 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 8510 13321 psi
Density 51 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1326 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 5408 8171 psi
Shearing Strength 1221 psi
Stiffness 1589 1835 1000 psi
Weight 50 40 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Max. crushing strength = high
Density (dry weight) = 61 - 67 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = low

Kynoch, W., Norton, N.A.,1938,Mechanical Properties of certain tropical woods chiefly from S. America,School of Forestry and Conservation, University of Michigan Bulletin,No.7Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressRecord, S.J., Mell, C.D.,1924,Timbers of Tropical America,Yale Univ. PressRecord, S.J.,1927,Trees of Honduras,Tropical Woods,10, pp10-47Slooten van der, H.J., Martinez, E.P.,1959,Descripcion y propiedades de algunas madeiras Venezolanas,Inst. for Lation Americano de Investigacion y Capaciticion Boletin,Informaturo Dirulgaturo
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