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Yemeri
Yemeri (Vochysia hondurensis)

Family: Vochysiaceae

Common names: Chambo caspi, Corpus, Emeri, Emery, Emory, Flor amarillo, Palo de agua, Palo de chancho, Quaruba, San Juan, White mahogany, White yemeri, Yemeri

Distributed in: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama (Central America, Latin America)

Distribution overview: Various species in the Vochysia genus are widely distributed in tropical America, from southern Mexico to Peru, and are most plentiful in the Guianas and Brazil. They are reported to thrive best on coastal plains and alongside waterways, and are often found in nearly pure stands on abandoned farmlands.

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Building materials, Canoes, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Crossties, Decorative plywood, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Furniture, General carpentry, Hatracks, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Light construction, Living-room suites, Millwork, Moldings, Office furniture, Plywood corestock, Plywood, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Railroad ties, Rustic furniture, Stools, Tables , Trimming, Utility furniture, Wainscotting, Wardrobes

Product sources: The ITTO reports that the species is an important source of timber for export. Timber produced by species in the genus are used for the same purposes as Qualea timbers, and the two genera are often referred to by the same vernacular name in some localities.

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Reddish brownand the sapwoodPaler than heartwood, White to yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureModerately coarseand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack by fungi and termites, Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera)

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Schedules: T2 - D4 (4/4); T2 - D3 (8/4) US

Drying Defects: Slight collapse and honeycomb, Slight surface checking

Ease of Drying: Moderate

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: Durable and is easier to work, and can be used for utility plywood, drawer bottoms, and panelsGeneral finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Slight effect

Boring: Moderately easy

Carving: Good results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Moderate gluing properties

Mortising: Moderately easy to mortise

Moulding: Satisfactory moulding

Movement in Service: Satisfactory moulding

Nailing: Easy to nail, Holds nails well

Planing: Planes to a satisfactory finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Good

Response to hand tools: Works readily with handtools

Routing recessing: Routing is easy

Sanding: Satisfactory sanding results

Steam bending: Poor

Turning: Turns with moderate ease

Painting: Responds well to painting ; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Stains well; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,46 0,52
Density 512 kg/m3
Bending Strength 496 783 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 216 355 kg/cm2
Hardness 311 kg
Impact Strength 50 63 cm
Shearing Strength 70 kg/cm2
Stiffness 74 87 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 464 384 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,28 0,56 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 153 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 7062 11140 psi
Density 32 lbs/ft3
Hardness 686 lbs
Impact Strength 20 25 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 3085 5055 psi
Shearing Strength 1009 psi
Stiffness 1054 1248 1000 psi
Toughness 133 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 4 8 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.46 0.52
Weight 29 24 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 13 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Work to Maximum Load = very low
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Bending strength (MOR) = high

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