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Greenheart

CONSTRUCTIONAL TIMBERS

 Greenheart Timber

Family:

 Lauraceae

Latin Name:

 Ocotea rodiaei

Distribution:

 Principally Guyana; also Surinam and Venezuela.

Uses:

 Suitable for all marine construction work including ship construction. Also for bridges, heavy duty flooring, chemical vats, billiard cue butts, turnery, fishing rods, longbows etc.

General Description:
This evergreen tree varies considerably in colour, from yellow-green, golden yellow, light olive, dark olive, yellow-brown, dark brown to black. Decayed or defective logs have a yellow colour. The grain is straight to interlocked or roey. The texture fine and even, lustrous and cold to the touch. Weight 1030 kg/m3 (64 lb/ft3); specific gravity 1.03.  

Mechanical Properties:
Exceptionally heavy density, and very high bending and crushing strengths; very high stiffness and high resistance to shock loads. It has a moderate steam bending classification although requiring extra efficient support on the outer face.  

Seasoning:
Dries very slowly with considerable degrade with checking and end splitting. Boards over 1” (25mm) thickness should be partly air dried before kilning. Existing shakes liable to extend and splitting of knots may occur. Medium movement in service.  

Durability 1:
Very durable. Excellent resistance to marine borers. Sapwood liable to attack by pinhole borers, but the heartwood is immune. Extremely resistant to preservative treatment.  

Durability 1:
Strength Class = D70;
Weight per m3 12% m.c. = 1030 Kg;
Modulus of elasticity 12% m.c. = 21000 N/mm2;
Durability = Very Durable.