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General Description: The heartwood is a vivid
blood red, toning down to dark purple-brown with red streaks upon
exposure. The grain is straight to interlocked with moderately coarse
texture. Weight varies from 640-800kgm3 (40-50lb/ft3), average 720kg/m3
(45lb/ft3); specific gravity .72.
Mechanical Properties: The timber has excellent strength properties
especially in bending and crushing strengths with medium resistance to
shock loads and stiffness.
Working Properties: Despite its weight, the wood has only a slight
blunting effect on tools and machines very easily. It nails, screws, glues
and polishes very well and an excellent finish is obtainable.
Durability: The heartwood is very durable and moderately resistant
to preservative treatment.
Uses: This attractive wood has high strength properties, durability and
outstanding stability and is ideal for high-class joinery, furniture and
cabinet making. Also for fancy turnery and carvings, tool and knife
handles, spirit levels, paddles and oars and agricultural implements. It
has a high resistance to abrasion and makes an excellent heavy-duty
flooring timber, also suitable for floors where under-floor heating has
been installed because of dimensional stability. Selected logs are sliced
to form very attractive decorative veneers. Renowned as a dye wood. |
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