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Bois galuette
Bois galuette (Licania venosa)

Family: Chrysobalanaceae

Common names: Bois galuette, Counterballi, Farsha, Gri-gri, Kautaballi

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

Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodDifferent than heartwood, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium

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

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Blunting effect on machining is severe

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Response to hand tools: Easy to Work


Polishing: 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 55 50 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = > 75 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 61 - 67 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.207Mell, C.D.,1937,Properties and uses of Baboon or Banak wood,Veneers - Plywood 31(9) pp9-10
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