Product
Guanacaste
Name
Commercial Name – Guanacaste, Parota
Scientific Name – Enterolobium cyclocarpum
Distribution – Primarily Central America, as well as Mexico and northern South America
Technical Data
Tree Size – 65-100 ft (20-30 m) tall, 5-8 ft (1.5-2.5 m) trunk diameter
Average Dried Weight – 27 lbs/ft3 (440 kg/m3)
Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC) – .34, .44
Janka Hardness – 470 lbf (2,100 N)
Modulus of Rupture – 8,640 lbf/in2 (59.6 MPa)
Elastic Modulus – 1,226,000 lbf/in2 (8.46 GPa)
Crushing Strength – 5,390 lbf/in2 (37.2 MPa)
Shrinkage – Radial: 2.2%, Tangential: 4.9%, Volumetric: 7.1%, T/R Ratio: 2.2