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 Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Drying Defects Ease of Drying Family Name Grain Heartwood Color Luster Mortising Moulding Natural Durability Numerical Data Planing Polishing References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Impregnation Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sanding Sapwood Color Scientific Name Silica Content Synonyms Texture Trade Name Tree Size Turning		Scientific Name Trema micrantha Trade Name Anisillo Family Name Ulmaceae Synonyms Trema miocrantha Common Names Anisillo, Bois de soie, Cabrita, Capulin montes, Capulin negro, Carrasposo, Chaca, Checait, Cuich-pipil, Equipal, Guacima boba, Guacima cimarrona, Guacimillo, Guasimilla, Guasumilla, Huinda, Ixpepe, Izpepe, Juco, Masaquila, Memiso cimarron, Palo de cabre, Pellejo de vieja, Pie de paloma, Pum, Totohopolin, Trema, Yaco de cuero Regions of Distribution Central America, Latin America, North America, Oceania and S.E. Asia Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, United States Common Uses Charcoal, Fuelwood, Posts, Pulp/Paper products Heartwood Color Brown Red Green/grey Pink Pale red to pink Pale brown Sapwood Color Brown Red Pink Grain Even Straight Straight Texture Medium Fine Medium Luster Medium Natural Durability Durable Perishable Silica Content Siliceous Drying Defects Checking Distortion Collapse Ease of Drying Medium to High Shrinkage Moderately Difficult to Difficult Tree Size Bole length is 0-10 m Bole length is 10-20 m Blunting Effect High to severe Boring Fair to good results Fairly difficult to very difficult Carving Fair to Good Results Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Cutting Resistance Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw Mortising Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Moulding Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Planing Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Resistance to Impregnation Resistant heartwood Resistant sapwood Response to Hand Tools Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work Routing & Recessing Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Sanding Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Turning Very Good to Excellent Results Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Fairly Easy to Very Easy Polishing Fair to Good Results Numerical Data Item Green Dry English References Acosta-Solis, M.,1960,Maderas Economicas del Ecuador y sus Usos,Editorial Casa de la Culhra Ecuatoriana Quito Almeida, D.G. de, Costa, J.R. da,1956,Madeiras do Brasil. (Timbers of Brazil.,Min. Ag. Servico de Economia Rural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,pp56 Howard, A.L.,1948,A Manual of Timbers of the World.,Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London 3rd ed. Little, E.L., Wadsworth, F.H.,1964,Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.249 Little, E.L.,1948,A Collection of Tree Specimens from Western Ecuador,Caribbean Forester,9(3,pp215-98 Pennington, T.D., Sarukhan, J.,1968,Manual para la Identificacion de campo de los Principales Arboles,Tropicales de Mexico,Inst. Nac. Inv. For. Mexico Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University Press Record, S.J., Mell, C.D.,1924,Timbers of Tropical America,Yale Univ. Press Record, S.J.,1927,Trees of Honduras,Tropical Woods,10, pp10-47 Ribeiro Penna, E.B., Luz Reis, C.N.,1973,A Trema micrantha (L) blume como material prima para a producao de,celullose,Acta Amazonica 3(3) pp45-50