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Bwa-yo - Société Audubon Haiti

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190 Wood Properties<br />

SPECIES WOOD CHARACTERISTICS SPECIFIC DURABILITY SHRINKAGE JANKA SIDE<br />

GRAVITY (%) HARDNESS<br />

Obs.)<br />

C/usia minor S - whitish; soft. - - - -<br />

bwa pal, figye<br />

modi<br />

C/usia rosea S - light reddish brown, H - reddish - - - -<br />

bwa pal, figye brown; hard, strong, medium to fine<br />

modimawon texture, straight grain.<br />

Cocc%ba costata SIH - whitish; slightly soft. - - - -<br />

rezen<br />

Cocc%ba S - whitish or light brown, H - dark 0.80 - - -<br />

diversifolia reddish brown; hard, strong, brittle.<br />

mevis, rezen, rezen<br />

bouzen<br />

Cocc%ba - 0.82-Q.97 - - -<br />

/eoganensis<br />

Cocc%ba SIH - light brown; hard. - - - -<br />

microstachys<br />

Cocc%ba S - whitish, H - reddish brown wI pores 1.00-1.10 Durable - -<br />

pubescens filled with dark gum; very hard.<br />

rezen gran ley<br />

Cocc%ba S - whitish; hard. 0.70 - - -<br />

swartz;;<br />

Cocc%ba uvifera S - light brown, H - reddish brown; hard, 0.70 - - -<br />

rezen te, rezen takes a fine polish.<br />

lame<br />

Cocc%ba venosa SIH - whitish; hard. - - - -<br />

Coch/ospermum SIH - whitish to light brown; soft and - Perishable - -<br />

vitifolium spongy.<br />

Cocos nucifera Outer 7.5-10 em, very hard and heavy. 4-fold Nondurable - -<br />

kokoye Center, softer and lighter, prone to sap decrease<br />

stain discoloration. from cortex<br />

to center<br />

Coffea arabica SIH - whitish; hard, heavy and tough. - - - -<br />

kafe<br />

Co/ubrina S - whitish or light brown, H - yelIowish 0.55-Q.82 Moderately - -<br />

arborescens brown; hard. Durable<br />

bwa pIe, kapab<br />

Co/ubrina S - light brown, H - dark brown; hard and 0.80 Moderately - -<br />

elliptica strong. Durable<br />

bwamabi<br />

Comocladia spp. SIH - light brown; hard. - - - -<br />

breziyet, bwa<br />

pan<strong>yo</strong>l<br />

Conocarpus S -light brown, H - yellow brown; very 0.90-1.00 Very Durable - -<br />

erectus hard, strong, fine texture.<br />

mangnwa<br />

Cordia spp. S - grayish to yellowish, H - reddish 0.52-Q.78+ Very R-4.0 2,200<br />

(dark-wooded) brown with black streaks and variegations; Durable T-7.4 Very Hard<br />

bwa denn, ti soley variable luster, mildly fragrant, fine to V -11.6<br />

medium texture, variable grairr.<br />

Cordiaa/ba SIH - light brown; soft. - Nondurable - -<br />

bwachik

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