CHUPóN (Pouteria reticulata)
Trade Name
Chupón
Scientific Name
Pouteria reticulata (Engl.) Eyma
Family
SAPOTACEAE
Common Names
Punte amarillo (Colombia); Piaste caimito (Colombia); Guapéva (Brazil); Guapeva (Brazil); Abiu (Brazil); Tushmo Amarillo (Peru); Quinilla De Fruto Negro (Peru); Quinilla Blanca (Peru); Quina Quina (Peru); Caimitillo (Peru); Nisperito (Venezuela); Anumu (Venezuela); Chupón (Venezuela); Chupón Rosado (Venezuela); Wapi (Guyana); Cutitiribá (Brazil); Zapote Macho (Colombia)
Scientific Name Synonyms
Sideroxylon uniloculare Donn. Sm.; Sideroxylon meyeri Standl.; Pouteria unilocularis (Donn. Sm.) Baehni; Pouteria reticulata subsp. Reticulata; Pouteria reticulata subsp. surinamensis T.D. Penn.; Pouteria meyeri (Standl.) Baehni; Pouteria anibifolia (A.C. Sm.) Baehni; Lucuma batten-poollii Benoist; Lucuma anibaefolia A.C. Sm.; Franchetella unilocularis (Donn. Sm.) Aubrév.; Franchetella reticulata (Engl.) Aubrév.; Franchetella anibifolia (A.C. Sm.) Aubrev.; Chrysophyllum reticulatum Engl.
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
The trees are reported to reach heights of 25 to 35 m, and diameters of 40 to 80 cm. The boles are straight and cylindrical, up to 18 m long. The buttresses are medium sized to well developed. It presents abundant white latex. Pouteria trees have edible f
Natural Habitat
Pouteria reticulata occurs in mixed lowland tropical and subtropical rain forests, in a range between 100 to 1,500 m of altitude. In Venezuela it is reported to grow grouped in formations called "chuponales".
Natural Distribution
This species is reported to be widely distributed all over the tropical and subtropical forests in Central and South America.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Vessels per mm2 more than 20 (very abundant). Vessels in radial multiples of 4 or more common. Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Axial parenchyma in continuous tangential lines (included in reticulate and scalariform). Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Rays exclusively uniseriate.
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
It has no characteristic odor or taste.
Color
The sapwood is pale reddish brown, the heartwood is reddish brown color.
Grain
The grain is reported to be straight or interlocked.
Texture
The wood is mostly medium in texture.
Luster
The wood surface is described as moderate in luster.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
3
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.73
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.83
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
10.7
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
5.6
Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule
JUNAC-A
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
1.9
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
1482
Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
208000
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
689
Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
137
Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)
1050
Janka hardness (end grain) 12%MC (kgf)
1158
Workability
Sawing
Sawmilling of this species is reportedly easy.
Planing
Planing operations are rather easy.
Moulding
Molding operations are rather easy.
Boring
Boring operations are rated as fair.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
EXTERIOR GENERAL, poles, crossarms, crossties, HOUSING GENERAL, beams, joists, flooring, frames, steps, fittings, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, SPORTS, TOOLS, tool handles, agricultural tools, CONTAINERS, truck bodies, truck flooring, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION
Exterior General
- 1 - Tabela de resultados de ensaios fisicos e mecanicos
Poles
- 3 - Estudo dendrologico e determinacao das caracteristicas fisicas e mecanicas do genipapo (Genipa americana)
Crossheads Crossarms
- 7 - Maderas latinoamericanas. II, Quercus alata Q. costaricensis y Q. eugeniaefolia
Crossties
- 8 - Maderas latinoamericas. III, Podocarpus standleyi ,Podocarpus oleifolius, Drims granadensis, Magnolia poasana y Didymopanax pittieri
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Beams
- 11 - Prospect: The wood database
Joists
- 12 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part I-Tropical American Species
Flooring
- 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Frames
- 16 - Woods of the World
Steps
- 17 - Tree Conservation Database
Fittings
- 19 - Silica in Timbers
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Sports
- 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Tools
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Tool Handles
- 43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)
Agricultural Tools
- 44 - Atlas of Peruvian Woods
Truck Body
- 53 - Timbers of the New World
Truck Flooring
- 54 - Bulletin of the Government Forest Experiment Station N.157: Identification of Tropical Woods
Shipbuilding
- 55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America
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