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SAN DOMINGO BOXWOOD (Phyllostylon brasiliense)
Trade Name
San Domingo boxwood
Scientific Name
Phyllostylon brasiliense Capan. ex Benth. & Hook. f.
Family
ULMACEAE
Common Names
Sabanemico (Colombia); Varo blanco (Colombia); Perilla (Bolivia); Vareteiro (Brazil); Sabonero (Brazil); Palo De Lanza Blanco; Palo Amarillo (Bolivia); Ceron; Cara Tibama; Baitoa; Pau Branco (Brazil); Bois Blanc (French Guiana); West Indies Boxwood; Jatia; San Domingo Boxwood; Santo Domingo Boxwood
Scientific Name Synonyms
Samaroceltis rhamnoides J. Poiss.; Phyllostylon rhamnoides (J. Poiss.) Taub.
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
The tree is reported to reach a total height of 25 m and 80 cm in diameter. The trunk is straight, but often fluted, with buttresses.
Natural Habitat
Phyllostylon brasiliense is a gregarious tree, found close to rivers, streams and lakes, growing on well drained sites.
Natural Distribution
In Bolivia it is reported in Tarija, Chuquisaca and Santa Cruz departments. In Brazil it is found in the Mato Grosso state.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 micras or less (very small). Vessels per mm2 more than 20 (very abundant). Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma aliform. Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Rays storied.
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
It has no distinct odor or taste.
Color
The sapwood and heartwood are not differentiated, the timber is yellowish white to bright yellow in color.
COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)
7
Grain
This species is reported to have straight grain.
Texture
The texture is fine and uniform.
Natural Durability
This timber is reported to be durable, especially when it is not in contact with the ground.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
2
Resistance To Impregnation
It has a good absorption of oil borne preservatives and high absorption of water based preservatives.
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.80
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.92
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
7.3
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
3.3
Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule
US-T2-B2
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
2.2
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
1024
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
615
Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)
1230
Workability
Sawing
Wood of this species is easy to cut.
Planing
Planing is reported to be easy.
Turning
30
Boring
Boring operations are rather easy.
Finishing
Finishing of this wood is easy.
Substitute Species
It is reported to be a possible substitute of Boxwood (Buxus sp., Gossyuspermum sp.).
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
HOUSING GENERAL, joists, boards, flooring, frames, steps, panelling, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, common furniture, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, cores, common veneer, TURNING, turned furniture, lasts, BENDING, chairs, tennis rackets, SPORTS, table tennis, TOOLS, tool handles, agricultural tools, PACKING, heavy packing, CONTAINERS, cooperage, truck bodies, truck flooring, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, boat deck, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, matches, door core
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Joists
- 12 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part I-Tropical American Species
Boards
- 13 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section III. Latin American (Mexico, Central, and South America) Woods–Conventional Temperatures
Flooring
- 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Frames
- 16 - Woods of the World
Steps
- 17 - Tree Conservation Database
Paneling
- 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
Furniture Cabinets
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Furniture, Common
- 23 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Cores
- 27 - Embassy of Brazil in Japan
Common Veneer
- 29 - Embassy of Ecuador in Japan
Turning
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
Turned Articles
- 32 - Embassy of Cote d`Ivoire in Japan
Lasts
- 34 - Embassy of Indonesia in Japan
Bending
- 35 - Embassy of Myanmar in Japan
Chairs
- 36 - Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente, Panama
Tennis Rackets
- 37 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Sports
- 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
- 41 - Embassy of the Philippines
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
Packing
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Heavy Packing
- 47 - Arvores Brasileiras
Containers
- 50 - Properties of imported tropical woods
Cooperage
- 51 - Recopilacion de propiedades mecanicas de maderas creciendo en Chile
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
Boat Decking
- 59 - Programa Nacional de uso Sostenible de los Bosques e Incremento a las Exportaciones.
Handcraft
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
Matches
- 71 - Proprietes physiques et mecaniques des bois tropicaux, premier supplement
Door Cores
- 76 - Descripción General y Anatómica de 105 Maderas del Grupo Andino.
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