Description
Uses
interior Joinery; furniture; boxes and crates; light carpentry; plywood; veneer; interior trim
Wood Description
| Sapwood | not distinct, light yellow to greyish yellow (7· IOcm) |
|---|---|
| Heartwood | brownish yellow, occasionally somewhat darker |
| Grain | generally straight |
| Texture | rather coarse |
| Remark | – |
Technological Characteristics
| Physical properties | A. imperalrlcls |
|---|---|
| Green density (g/cm³) | 0.51 |
| Air-dry density at 12% (g/cm³) | 0.46 |
| Basic specific gravity | 8.5 |
| Total tangential shrinkage (%) | 4.0 |
| Total radial shrinkage (%) | 11. 7 |
| Total volumetric shrinkage (%) | – |
Processing
| Sawing | easy; logs sometimes split in felling |
|---|---|
| Blunting effect | very slightt |
| Drying | dit11cult U.S. kiln schedule T2·C2 for 25-38 mrn (4/4 to 6/4) stock nnd T2-Cl for SO mm (8/4) stock or British schedule B (25 mm) marked tendency to collapse; air-drying under cover; the use of high humidities and low temperatures during the early stages of kiln-drying are recommended movement In service large |
| Machining | easy |
| Glueing | good |
| Nailing | good holding of nails |
| Finishing | good |
| Veneering | peels and slices well (reported to have rather unfavourable gluing properties to produce into plywood), veneers slow to dry |
