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Anaura
Anaura (Licania micrantha)

Family: Chrysobalanaceae

Common names: Anaura, Foengoe, Grigri, Gris-gris, Gris-gris coumate, Gris-gris rouge, Kauston, Marish, Marishiballi, Sponsoe hoedoe

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

Distribution overview: Licania species are widely distributed in tropical America but most abundant in the Guianas and the lower Amazon region of Brazil. Frequent in the overflow woodlands of the Amazon estuary but also in upland forests.

Common uses: Bridge construction, Charcoal, Fuelwood, Heavy construction, Marine construction, Posts

Environment profile: Rare

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureUniformand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Resistant to attack from marine borers, Susceptible to insect attack

Silica Content: Severe

Kiln Schedules: K=B US=T2C2/T2C1 Fr=2

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Very good to excellent results

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Poor to Very Poor

Movement in Service: Poor to Very Poor

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Poor to Very Poor Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Poor results

Painting: Fair to Good; Polishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 817 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 51 lbs/ft3
Weight 50 49 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 61 - 67 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 53 - 60 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.

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.207Vink, A.T.,1965,Surinam Timbers,Surinam Forest Service Paramaribo,3rd rev. ed.
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