Description
Uses
interior joinery; house framing; furniture; light carpentry; moulding; boxes and crates; plywood (lill the plies); Uccorativc fittings; wainscoting; shipbuilding (planking)
Wood Description
| Sapwood | more or less distinct, pinkish grey (3-6cm) |
|---|---|
| Heartwood | whitish beige (0. canaliculata), slightly orange, ashen maroon beige (0. glomcrata) or pale brown to straw coloured (0. wachenhelmll); more or less lustrous |
| Grain | generally straight or slightly interlocked |
| Texture | fairly fine to medium |
| Remark | some of the woods have a pleasant aromatic odour |
Technological Characteristics
| Physical properties | |
|---|---|
| Green density (g/cm³) | 0.90 |
| Air-dry density at 12% (g/cm³) | 0.63 |
| Basic specific gravity | o.ss |
| Total tangential shrinkage (%) | 7.8 |
| Total radial shrinkage (%)3.5 | 4.4 |
| Total volumetric shrinkage (%) | 12.2 |
Processing
| Sawing | Easy; woolly surface |
|---|---|
| Blunting effect | Very slight |
| Drying | air·drying under cover Is recommended risks of distortion: more or less high risks of checking: very slight movement in serYice medium |
| Machining | not difficult |
| Glueing | good |
| Nailing | good holding of nails |
| Finishing | good |
| Veneering | peels well |
