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Wood Properties 205
SPECIES WOOD CHARACTERISTICS SPECIFIC DURABILITY SHRINKAGE JANKA SIDE
GRAVITY (%) HARDNESS
(Ibs.)
ZiZiphus spp. SIH - light brown or yellowish; hard. 0.90 - - -
kOKmol
Table 19.2 Energy values for major fuelwood species of Hispaniola. Standard error of
the means is shown in parentheses.
SPECIES HEAT OF COMBUSTION HEAT OF COMBUSTION SITE AND
---OVEN-DRY--- ---14% MC--- SOURCE
(megajoules kg· l ) (megajoules kg· l )
Acacia macracantha 19.574 (0.015) 16.827 (0.013) Mao, Rep. Dom:,
zakasya pikan Maxwell (1985)
Acacia scleroxyla 19.899 (0.099) 17.107 (0.085) Mao, Rep. Dom.,
kandelon Maxwell (1985)
Acacia tortuosa 16.215 (0.091) 13.939 (0.078) Cul-de-Sac, Haiti,
zakasya wouj Timyan (1988)
Acacia tortuosa 19.302 (0.022) 16.590 (0.022) Mao, Rep. Dom.,
zakasya wouj Maxwell (1985)
Amyris sp. 21.476 (0.094) 18.462 (0.081) Mao, Rep. Dam.,
bwachandel Maxwell (1985)
Azadirachta indica 19.69 (0.314) 16.923 (0.270) Cul-de-Sac, Haiti,
nim Timyan (1988)
Bursera simaruba 18.282 (0.152) 15.717 (0.131) Mao, Rep. Dom.,
gomye Maxwel1 (1985)
Caesalpinia coriaria 19.863 (0.124) 17.075 (0.107) Mao, Rep. Dam.,
divi divi Maxwel1 (1985)
Capparis sp. 20.114 (0.180) 17.291 (0.155) Mao, Rep. Dom.,
Maxwell (1985)
Capparis flexuosa 19.254 (0.082) 16.552 (0.070) Mao, Rep. Dam.,
bwakaka Maxwel1 (1985)
Casearia guianensis 19.601 (0.027) 16.850 (0.023) Mao, Rep. Dom.,
kafe mawon
Maxwell (1985)-
Coccoloba leoganensis 19.489 (0.056) 16.754 (0.048) Mao, Rep. Dam.,
Ma;{well (1985)
Eugenia foetida 19.909 (0.784) 17.115 (0.674) Cul-de-Sac, Haiti,
ti fey Timyan (1988)
Exostema caribaeum 20.685 (0.104) 17.782 (0.089) Mao, Rep. Dom.,
kenkena peyi Maxwell (1985)
Guaiacum officinale 21.080 (0.731) 18.121 (0.628) Cul-de-Sac, Haiti,
gayak Timyan (1988)
Guaiacum officinale 21.170 (0.085) 18.199 (0.073) Mao, Rep. Dom.,
gayak Maxwell (1985)
Haematoxylon 17.891 (0.558) 15.380 (0.480) Cul-de-Sac, Haiti,
campechianum Timyan (1988)
kampech
Krugiodendronferreum 19.066 (0.100) 16.390 (0.086) Mao, Rep. Dam.,
bwafi: Maxwell (1985)
Leucaena leucocephala 18.142 (0.467) 15.596 (0.401) Cul-de-Sac, Haiti,
subsp. glabrata
lisina
Timyan (1988)
Maytenus buxi/olia 19.575 (0.067) 16.828 (0.058) Mao, Rep. Dom.,
bwa foumi Maxwell (1985)