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Clicking any heading in the main data area (at right) will scroll the page back to this top position. Use the following links to jump to the associated section in the main data. Blunting Effect Boring Carving Comments Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Distribution Overview Drying Defects Ease of Drying Environmental Profile Family Name Gluing Grain Heartwood Color Kiln Drying Rate Kiln Schedules Luster Mortising Moulding Movement in Service Nailing Natural Durability Numerical Data Odor Planing Polishing Product Sources References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Impregnation Resistance to Splitting Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sanding Sapwood Color Scientific Name Screwing Staining Steam Bending Strength Properties Synonyms Texture Trade Name Tree Size Turning Varnishing Veneering Qualities |
Synonyms Cybistax Donnel
Common Names Campeche, Chiapas, Copal, Cortez, Cortez blanco, Duranga, Durango, Flor de zope, Oaxaca, Palo blanco, Pequia marfim, Prima vera, Prima vera mahogany, Primavera, Roble, San Juan, Tabasco, White mahogany Regions of Distribution Central America Countries of Distribution [VIEW MAP] El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua Common Uses Bedroom suites, Boat building (general), Boat building: decking, Boxes and crates, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Chairs, Chests, Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Drawer sides, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture, Heavy construction, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Light construction, Living-room suites, Millwork, Moldings, Office furniture, Paneling , Paneling, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Trimming, Veneer, Veneer: decorative, Wainscotting, Wardrobes Environmental Profile
Distribution Overview The geographical distribution of Primavera includes Central America, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. The trees are reported to thrive on moist, rich soils, but have also adapted to dry areas. Heartwood Color
Primavera is reported to resemble Ceylon satinwood in appearance Sapwood Color
Grain
Exhibits a ribbon figure which can alternate between light and dark due to the shifting in alignment of bands of fiber at regular intervals. The bands are also reported to dissect further into a wide variety of cross-figures, of which mottle, rain-drop and narrow fiddle-back are the most common. Texture
Luster
Natural Durability
Odor
Kiln Schedules
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying
Kiln Drying Rate
Tree Size
Plantation trees are reported to mature to marketable sizes in 20 to 35 years. Product Sources Primavera trees are grown also in plantations. Most of the material on the US market is believed to come from Guatemala, where the law requires Primavera logs to be processed and exported in lumber and veneer forms only. Supplies are scarce in the veneer form, but are somewhat available in lumber form in the United States. The material is priced in the costly range. Exports to Europe are very rare. The value and marketability of the material is dictated by the time of year the tree is felled: the sap of the tree rises and fall with the phases of the moon, and the best product is from trees felled in 'the dark of the moon', when the sap is low. Comments General finishing qualities are rated as good Harvesting tree at suggested period reduces sap exudation from log ends It is recommended that the tree be felled in 'the dark of the moon', since unlike trees in the temperate regions, the sap rises and falls with the phases of the moon instead of in winter and spring. Sap attracts insects that may damage the timber Sap content is reported to depend upon the time of yeat the tree is felled Subsituted for hard woods because it works easily in most machining operations Blunting Effect
Boring
Carving
Cutting Resistance
Gluing
Mortising
Moulding
Movement in Service
Nailing
Planing
Resistance to Impregnation
Resistance to Splitting
Response to Hand Tools
Routing & Recessing
Sanding
Screwing
Turning
Veneering Qualities
Steam Bending
Polishing
Staining
Varnishing
Strength Properties
Bending strength in the air-dry condition is medium, being much weaker than White oak or Teak Numerical Data
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