Description
Uses
heavy construction; industrial flooring; parquet flooring; furniture; hydraulic works (fresh water); bridges; veneer
Wood Description
| Sapwood | not clearly distinct, light purplish rose grey |
|---|---|
| Heartwood | light purplish rose brown to purplish red brown |
| Grain | straight to Interlocked |
| Texture | medium |
| Remark | – |
Technological Characteristics
| Physical properties | |
|---|---|
| Green density (g/cm³) | 1.10 |
| Air-dry density at 12% (g/cm³) | 0.95 |
| Basic specific gravity | 0.81 |
| Total tangential shrinkage (%) | 9.5 |
| Total radial shrinkage (%) | S.7 |
| Total volumetric shrinkage (%) | 17.6 |
Processing
| Sawing | power required |
|---|---|
| Blunting effect | moderate |
| Drying | a moderate rate to reduce degrade is recommended risks of distortion: more or less high risks of checking: slight casehardening may also occur |
| Machining | power required; tendency to chip grain in planing in the presence of highly interlocked grain |
| Glueing | good |
| Nailing | good holding of nails |
| Finishing | good |
| Veneering | sometimes sliced |
