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album (Aspidosperma )

Family: Apocynaceae

Common names: Bois macaque, Bois macaye, Hielillo negro, Koumanti oudou, Kromanti kopi, Shibadan

Distributed in: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela (Latin America)

Common uses: Flooring, Furniture, Heavy construction, Paneling, Railroad ties, Turnery

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

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

Natural durability: Resistant to attack from termites (Isoptera), Susceptible to insect attack

Drying Defects: Distortion

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine


Polishing: Good;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 881 kg/m3
Bending Strength 1100 1617 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 595 827 kg/cm2
Hardness 752 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 132 kg/cm2
Stiffness 181 211 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Weight 865 689 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 15656 23004 psi
Density 55 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1658 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 8467 11767 psi
Shearing Strength 1883 psi
Stiffness 2578 3011 1000 psi
Weight 54 43 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = very high
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very high
Max. crushing strength = very high
Max. crushing strength = high
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = medium

Erfurth, T., Rusche, H.,1976,The Marketing of Tropical Wood B. Wood Species from S. American Tropical,Moist Forests,F.A.O. Forestry DepartmentFanshawe, D.B.,1954,Forest Products of British Guiana Part 1 Principal Timbers,Forest Department British Guiana Forestry Bulletin (New Series 2nd,Edition,No.1Takahashi, A.,1975,Compilation of data on the Mechanical Properties of Foreign Woods (Part 2,Central and South America,Shimane University, Japan, Research Report on Foreign Wood No.4Vink, A.T.,1965,Surinam Timbers,Surinam Forest Service Paramaribo,3rd rev. ed.
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