Erisma uncinatum Warm. 
VOCHYSIACEAE 

Comercial Name : Cedrinho 
Other Names : Bruteiro, Cambara, Cambara-Rosa, Cedrilho, Jaboti, 
Jaboti-da-Terra-Firme, Quarubarana, Quarubatinga 
Foreign Name : 
Jaboty (Germany, Spain, France, Holand, Britain, Italy, Sweeden) 
Kwanie (Guyana) 
Guaruba-Vermelha (Germany, Holand, Britain, USA) 
Ocurrence : 
Brasil - Amazonia 
Others - Guyana 

General Charcteristics : 
Color : light red chestnut 
Direction : right Texture : rough 
Taste : indistinct Smell : indistinct 
 Density at 15% m.c = 590 Kg/m3 

Natural Durability : 
Not durabel - low resistence to attacks of fungus 
Treatability : Average due to moderate permeablity of wood 
Processing Characteristics : 
Surfacing : easy 
Finishing: regular 
Drying : fast with defects 
Sawing : easy 

Uses: 
Civil Construction - Light Internal : General Usage and Structural 
Veneers and Plywoods - General usage and filling 
Packagings and cases 
 
 

	Green	Dry	English	Green	Dry	Metric
Bending Strength	8434	12687	psi	593	892	kg/cm2
Crushing Strength	441	811	psi	31	57	kg/cm2
Max. Crushing Strength	12687	3911	psi	892	275	kg/cm2
Static Bending (FSPL)			psi			kg/cm2
Impact Strength			inches			cm
Stiffness	1308	1564	1000 psi	92	110	1000 kg/cm2
Work to Maximum Load			inch-lbs/in3			cm-kg/cm3
Hardness		867	lbs		393	kg
Shearing Strength		1138	psi		80	kg/cm2
Toughness			inch-lbs			cm-kg
Specific Gravity	0.46	0.55		0.46	0.55
Weight	62	37	lbs/ft3	994	593	kg/cm3
Density (Air-Dry)		37	lbs/ft3		593	kg/cm3
Radial Shrinkage		4.3	%		4.3	%
Tangential Shrinkage		10	%		10	%
Volumetric Shrinkage		13.4	%		13.4	%