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Bobc
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Not from Africa
Not Jatoba

Work on Larry's clue.

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Guyana or Roble?peterm38897.8923032407

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Tulipwood?

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Not tulipwood.
Another clue National tree of Costa Rica

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A type of Cypress?
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"Guanacaste" (Enterolobium cyclocarpum),

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Coffee tree. I know there is a Kentucky coffee tree. Maybe they imported them from Kentucky.

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In that case Jeff is right! Guanacaste is their national tree! Bob??

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It's got legume in it's name, so it might be some sort of bean tree. Coffee? Castor? Jelly?

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Jacaranda!

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Machiche? (a.k.a. Black Cabbage Bark)

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Jeff you win the Tub-O-Lard.

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Guanacaste

National Tree of Costa Rica

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Oh what am I gonna do with a whole tub of lard? Pork rinds, anyone?

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My guess is it's cabreuva mahogany.
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olive wood
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Some good info on this wood. Very light weight..note the SG of 34 and the cubic foot weight of 26 pounds. Weak wood.

Guanacaste

Family: Leguminosae

Other Common Names: Conocaste, Orejo, Perota (Mexico), Genicero, Jarina (Costa Rica), Corotu (Panama), Orejero, Caro (Colombia), Carocaro (Venezuela).

Distribution: Mexico and southward through Central America to Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil; often planted as an ornamental.

The Tree: Tree heights 60 to 100 ft with a stout short trunk 3 to 6 ft or more in diameter; large spreading crown.

The Wood:

General Characteristics: Heartwood brown with various shadings, sometimes with a reddish tinge; sharply demarcated from the whitish sapwood. Grain typically interlocked; texture coarse; without distinctive odor or taste but dust from machining is pungent and irritating to mucous membranes and may cause allergies.

Weight: Basic specific gravity (ovendry weight/green volume) 0.34; air-dry density 26 pcf.

Mechanical Properties: (2-in. standard)

Moisture content Bending strength Modulus of elasticity Maximum crushing strength

(%) (Psi) (1,000 psi) (Psi)

12% (21) 8,500 1,050 4,900

Green (39) 5,030 610 NA

Janka side hardness at 12% moisture content 520 lb.

Drying and Shrinkage: Seasons with little tendency to warp or check. Kiln schedule T6-D4 is suggested for 4/4 stock. Shrinkage green to ovendry: radial 2.0%; tangential 5.2%; volumetric 7.2%. Holds its place well when manufactured.

Working Properties: The wood is easy to work with hand and machine tools but raised and chipped grain is common in planing as well as rough end grain in shaping. Tension wood is common resulting in fuzzy grain in most operations. Dust from dry wood is an irritant.

Durability: The heartwood is reported to have good resistance to attack by decay fungi; also resistant to dry-wood termite attack.

Preservation: No data available.

Uses: Core stock, pattern wood, paneling, interior trim, furniture components, and veneer.



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[QUOTE=Bobc] Jeff you win the Tub-O-Lard. [/QUOTE]

OH MY GOSH!!! Gonna' deep fry me up some battered twinkies with that lard. We'll be eating good!

Bob, where did you find that picture of me?

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We have a Bob doing business in my hometown...

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Hey Jeff...
I will fry up those Twinkies for you I have 4 fryolators here in the restaurant..

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