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Abey
Abey (Lysiloma bahamensis)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Abey, Bahama lysiloma, Bahama sabicu, Dzalam, Frijolillo, Frijolillo cuadrado, Frijolillo redondo, Horshflesh, Sabicu, Salom, Saplillo, T'zalam, Tabernau, Taverrnon, Tzalam, Tzucte, Tzukte, Wild tamarind, Xiazek

Distributed in: Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, United States (Central America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Chiefly a Mexican genus with extensions into Central America, southernmost parts of the United States, and the Greater Antilles.

Common uses: Boat building (general), Cabinetmaking, Flooring, Furniture, Heavy construction, Light construction, Paneling, Plywood, Posts, Railroad ties, Tool handles

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

Natural durability: Resistant to wood staining fungal attack, Very durable

Drying Defects: Severe end splitting, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Cutting Resistance: Gum-Up

Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Abrasion: High

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Veneering qualities: Easy to cut, Suitable for slicing

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

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 689 kg/m3
Bending Strength 542 849 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 94 109 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 673 544 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 7711 12078 psi
Density 43 lbs/ft3
Stiffness 1341 1560 1000 psi
Weight 42 34 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low

Echenique-Manrique, R., Diaz Gomez, V.,1969,Algunas Caracteristicas Technologicas de la Madera de once Especies,Mexicanas. (Some technological characteristics of the wood of eleven,Mexican species.,Inst. Nac. Inv. For. Mexico Boletin Tecnico,27Fors, A.J.,1965,Maderas Cubanas,Inst. Nac. Ref. Agraria La HabaraGerry, E.,1954,Sabicu - Lysiloma latisiliqua,USA Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory,,Madison, Info. Leaflet Foreign Woods Series,No.2002Kribs, D.A.,1950,Commercial and Foreign Woods on the American Market (a manual to their,structure, identification, uses and distribution,U.S.A. Penn. State College, Tropical Woods LaboratoryPennington, T.D., Sarukhan, J.,1968,Manual para la Identificacion de campo de los Principales Arboles,Tropicales de Mexico,Inst. Nac. Inv. For. MexicoRecord, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressSaks, E.V.,1954,Tropical Hardwoods for veneer Production in Mexico,Caribbean Forester,15(3&4, pp112-9
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