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Bois de masse
Bois de masse (Licania ternatensis)

Family: Chrysobalanaceae

Common names: Bois de masse, Bois diable, Bois gris, Casse

Distributed in: Trinidad and Tobago (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

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: Heavy construction, Marine construction, Piling

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureFineand the lusterLow

Natural durability: Resistant to attack from marine borers

Drying Defects: Moderate surface checking, Moderate twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Boring: Fair to good results

Carving: Very Good to Excellent Results

Mortising: Fair to Good

Moulding: Fair to Good

Movement in Service: Fair to Good

Planing: Fair to Good

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fair to Good Results

Turning: Fair to Good Results


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 993 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 62 lbs/ft3
Weight 61 50 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 61 - 67 lbs/cu. ft.

Brown, W.H.,1978,Timbers of the World, No. 9 Central America and the Caribbean,TRADA, Red Booklet SeriesMarshall, R.C.,1934,Trees of Trinidad and Tobago,Government Printer Port of Spain Trinidad
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