Forest Products from Latin America. Annotated Bibliography of ...

National Biotic Resources Research Institute. Madera y su
Uso en la Construccion 6. 21 p.
Describes the physical, mechanical and technical proper-
ties of the wood of: Astronium graveolens; Calophyllum
brasiliense; Dialium guianense; Lonchocarpus castilloi;
Manilkara zapota; Mosquitoxylum jamaicense; Swietenia
macrophylla; and Terminalia amazonia native to the Lacan-
dona region of E. Chiapas, Mexico. Also describes the op-
tions for house construction using no wood, wood and other
materials, or only wood. The species that they recommend
for house construction are A. graveolens, C. brasiliense,
and L. castilloi. S. macrophylla is excluded because of cost.
Plans for single-family houses are provided.
Baretta-Kuipers, T. 1973. Some aspects of wood-
anatomical research in the genus Inga (Mimosaceae) from
the Guianas and especially Surinam. Acta Botanica Neer-
landica. 22(3):193-205.
Presents a key based on wood characters to 35 out of 38
Inga species found in the area, and discusses the taxonomy
of the genus.
Barghoorn, A.W.; Reyes-M., E.; Rojas-L., H.;
Cabrera-D., H.; Alvarado-P., J. 1967. Oriented study
of some anatomical, physical and mechanical properties of
41 timber species from the Carare-Opon region (Estudio
orientativo de algunas propiedades anatomicos y fisico-
mecanicas de 41 especies maderables de la region Carare-
Opon). Bogota, Colombia: Instituto de Investigaciones y
Proyectos Forest ales y Madereros de la Universidad Distrial
[“Francisco Jose de Caldes.” 228 p.
Barrichelo, L.E.G.; Brito, J.O. 1979. Radial vari-
ability within trees from Pinus caribaea var. honduren-
sis (Variabildad radial da madeira do Pinus caribaea var
hondurensis). Piracicaba, SP, Barazil: IPEF Publicao
Semestral. 18:81-102.
Describes a 16-year-old pine plantation in the State of Sao
Paulo and provides data on the wood density, tracheid di-
mensions in early and late wood of trees, and within-tree
variation.
Bascope, F. 1962. Key to the macroscopic identification
of some dicotyledonoous woods of Latin America (Clave
de identificacion macroscopica de algunas maderas dicoile-
doneas de Latinoamerica). Merida: Instituto Forestal Lati-
noamericano. 101 p.
Basilis, G. 1978. Roble [Catalpa longissima]. (Roble).
Forestal. 2(8):18-21.
Begemann, H.F. 1968. Encyclopedia of the world’s com-
mercial timbers, Vol. 3. Lexikon der nutholzer 3. Mering
bei Augsburg, Germany: Holz-Verlag. 612 p.
Bena, P. 1951. The forest tree species of French Guyana
(Los essences forestieres de la Guyane francaise). Bois et
Forets Tropiques. 17:55-57.
Bendtsen, B.A.; Chudnoff, M. 1981. Properties of
seven Colombian woods. Res. Note FPL-0242. Madison,
WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest
Products Laboratory. 12 p.
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Woods from abroad are an important raw material to the
forest products industries in the United States. A major
concern in the effective utilization of this resource is the
lack of technical information on many species. This re-
port presents the results of an evaluation of the mechani-
cal properties of small, clear specimens of seven Colombian
woods: Sande, Brosimum utile; Sajo, Campnosperma pana-
mensis; Pulgande, Dacryodes spp.; Cuangare, Dialyanthera
spp.; Tulapueta, Osteophloeum platyspermum; Anime, Pro-
tium spp.; Chalviande, Virola spp. These results are sup-
plemented by information gleaned from world literature
concerning other wood properties also important to effec-
tive utilization.
Benitez-R., R.F.; Montesinos-L., J.L. 1988. Catalog
of 100 Honduran forest species: distribution, properties,
and uses (Catalogo de cien especies forestales de Honduras:
distribucion, propiedades y usos). Siguatepeque, Honduras:
Esquela Nacional de Ciencias Forestales. 216 p.
Describes habitat, anatomy, mechanical drying, and preser-
vation properties of 100 Honduran woods, complete with
color photographs of the woods.
Benoist, R. 1933. The woods of French Guyana. Caen,
France: Archives de Botanique. 5(1):1-292.
Dealing primarily with dicotyledonous woods, this work
presents a brief description of each family, a key to the gen-
era, and a description of each species. Microscopic anatomy
and uses of each species are given. A check list of common
names and a bibliography is appended.
Bernath, E.L. 1937. Coniferous forest trees of Chile.
Tropical Woods. 52:19-26.
Describes morphology and wood anatomy of Podocarpaceae,
Araucariaceae, and Cupressaceae.
Bendtsen, B.A. 1964. Some strengths and related prop-
erties of yagrumo hembra (Cecropia peltata) from Puerto
Rico. Res. Note FPL-053. Madison, WI: U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
7 p.
Berni, C.A.; Bolza, E.; Christensen, F.J. 1979. South
American timbers-the characteristics, properties, and uses
of 190 species. Melbourne, Australia: Division of Building
Research. CSIRO. 229 p.
Describes physical and mechanical properties and general
characteristics are described for each species, listed in order
of scientific name, common names are also given. Species
are coded to density, durability, shrinkage, strength, and
uses.
Blanco, C.E. 1938. The pines of Mexico (Los pinos de
Mexico). Mexico, D.F., Mexico: Boletin Departamento
Forestal y de Caza y Pesca. 3(11):237-255.
Boone, R.S.; Chudnoff, M. 1970. Variations in wood
density of the mahoganies of Mexico and Central America.
Turrialba. 20(3):369-371.
Variations in the wood density of Swietenia macrophyllla
and S. humilis are reported.