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Counter
Counter (Licania persaudii)

Family: Chrysobalanaceae

Common names: Counter, Kauta

Distributed in: 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: Charcoal, Fuelwood, Mine timbers, Railroad ties, Shingles

Environment profile: Rare

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodClearly differentiated from the heartwood, Different than heartwood.The grain isStraight, the textureUniform

Natural durability: Resistant to attack from marine borers, Resistant to attack from termites (Isoptera)

Silica Content: Severe

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Blunting effect on machining is severe

Boring: Very good to excellent results

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Poor to Very Poor

Movement in Service: Poor to Very Poor

Nailing: Fair to Good , Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Abrasion: Moderate

Response to hand tools: Difficult to machine

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results

Screwing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 945 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 59 lbs/ft3
Weight 58 57 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu. ft.
> 75 lbs/cu. ft.
> 75 lbs/cu. ft.

Amos, G.L.,1951,Some siliceous timbers of British Guiana,Caribbean Forester (3; 4) 133-7, 139-40.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.207
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