Aromata

Wood Appearance:
The wood is pinkish-brown to dark brown with lighter streaks. It has a waxy feel and the wood is well defined. The texture is moderately coarse and the grain straight. The bole is 12-15m in length (flattened) with a diameter of 40-50 (-60) cm.

Physical and Mechanical Properties:
- Aromata is very hard, tough and strong. Moderate movement. Satisfactory mechanical strength:
- Air dried density (12%) - 960kg/m3
- Bending strength (at 12%) - 153 N/mm2
- Modulus of elasticity (at 12%) - 24120 N/mm2
- Crushing strength (at 12%) - 96 N/mm2

 

Greenheart

Wood Appearance:
Light greenish to dark olive-green, sometimes marked with brown or black stakes. Sapwood is pale yellow in color, shading gradually into heartwood. The texture is fine and even and grain straight or interlocked. The bole is 15-23m in length with a diameter of 35-60 cm.

Physical and Mechanical Properties:
- Has exceptionally high strength properties even when its weight is taken into account:
- Air dried density (12%) - 970 kg/m3
- Bending strength (at 12%) - 240 N/mm2
- Modulus of elasticity (at 12%) - 24500 N/mm2
- Compression parallel to grain - 89.9 N/ mm2
- Crushing strength (at 12%) - 98 N/mm2


 

Kabukalli

Wood Appearance:
The heartwood is light reddish-brown and of plain appearance, darkening on exposure. The sapwood is a distinct thick brownish or pinkish color, and sharply demarcated. Grain is straight, sometimes interlocked and texture is medium to coarse and rather harsh. The freshly cut timber has an unpleasant scent which is lost on drying. The bole, cylindrical, is 14-21m in length with a diameter of 60-100 (-150) cm.

Physical and Mechanical Properties:
- This is a tough, hard wood with satisfactory mechanical strength (stronger than European oak) and medium and dimensional stability.
- Air dried density (12%) - 840 kg/m3
- Bending strength (at 12%) - 122 N/mm2
- Modulus of elasticity (at 12%) - 14700 N/mm2
- Crushing strength (at 12%) - 62 N/mm2

 

Locust

Wood Appearance:
The heartwood is light brown to brown often with dark streaks and a subdued golden glow. The sapwood of whitish grey color is sharply defined. Texture is medium to coarse with straight grain straight. There is medium luster and distinct uniform vessel lines. The bole is 18-25m in length, with diameter 50-120(-150) cm.

Physical and Mechanical Properties:
- Very hard and strong. Moderate shrinkage, relatively stable once dry. Good mechanical properties, especially elasticity:
- Air dried density (12%) - 880kg/m3
- Bending strength (at 12%) - 172N/mm2
- Modulus of elasticity (at 12%) - 18500 N/mm2
- Crushing strength (at 12%) - 84 N/mm2

 

Mora

Wood Appearance:
Mora (and Morabukea which is similar in structure) heartwood varies from chocolate-brown to reddish-brown. Sapwood is wide with yellowish to pale brown color. The grain is straight and often interlocked and somewhat wavy or irregular. The texture is coarse and bole 15-24m in length, rounded or flattened. The diameter is 60-90 (-120) cm.

Physical and Mechanical Properties:
- A very heavy, hard wood. Outstanding strength properties:
- Air dried density (12%) - 990kg/m3
- Bending strength (at 12%) - 149 N/mm2
- Modulus of elasticity (at 12%) - 21020 N/mm2
- Crushing strength (at 12%) - 81 N/mm2

 

Purpleheart

Wood Appearance:
Dull brown when freshly cut and rapidly oxidizes to violet-purple on exposure to light, gradually toning down in course of time to dark purplish-brown. The sapwood is whitish or cream colored and grain is generally straight, sometimes wavy or interlocked. The texture is moderate to fine. The bole is 15-27m in length, cylindrical; diameter 45-90 (-150) cm.

Physical and Mechanical Properties:
- Wood is very tough, strong and resilient:
- Air dried density (12%) - 840 kg/m3
- Bending strength (at 12%) - 155 N/mm2
- Modulus of elasticity (at 12%) - 16860 N/mm2
- Compression parallel to grain - 78.5 N/mm2
- Crushing strength (at 12%) - 79 N/mm2
- Shock resistance- medium.

 

Shibadan

Wood Appearance:
The wood is tan to rose-red, often streaked with purple or brown and becoming brownish-yellow to medium brown on exposure. The sapwood is yellowish, paler than the heartwood but not sharply demarcated. The grain is straight to irregular and the texture fine and uniform. The length of the bole is 18-21m and diameter, 50-80 cm.

Physical and Mechanical Properties:
- A hard and strong timber. Bending strength medium and crushing strength high:
- Air dried density (12%) - 910kg/m3
- Bending strength (at 12%) - 176 N/mm2
- Modulus of elasticity (at 12%) - 19560 N/mm2
- Crushing strength (at 12%) - 93 N/mm2

 

Tatabu

Wood Appearance:
The heartwood is dark chocolate-brown in color with conspicuous paler markings, giving a decorative appearance which may be enhanced on quartered surface by a stripe figure. The sapwood is whitish, sharply demarcated from the heartwood. Grain is interlocked, sometimes irregular and the texture is moderately coarse. The bole is 18-21m in length and diameter 40-60(-100) cm.

Physical and Mechanical Properties:
- A heavy, strong, durable wood possessing high strength properties. Medium shrinkage, relatively stable once dry.
- Air dried density (12%) - 910kg/m3
- Bending strength (at 12%) - 156 N/mm2
- Modulus of elasticity (at 12%) - 18000 N/mm2
- Crushing strength (at 12%) - 88 N/mm2

 

Tauroniro

Wood Appearance:
Heartwood varies from fawn color to reddish-brown. Sapwood is not well defined. There is luster and texture is medium to fine. The grain is straight and often interlocked. The bole is cylindrical, 18 - 20m in length, 50-90(-120) cm in diameter.

Physical and Mechanical Properties:
- Very hard, strong dense and highly durable wood. Weighs approximately 900 kg/m3 (56/ft3) seasoned.
- Medium shrinkage, very stable once dry. Very good mechanical properties, good elasticity and impact resistance:
- Air dried density (12%) - 950kg/m3
- Bending strength (at 12%) - 168 N/mm2
- Modulus of elasticity (at 12%) - 18800 N/mm2
- Crushing strength (at 12%) - 86 N/mm2

 

Wamara

Wood Appearance
The heartwood is chocolate to purplish-brown with darker purple streaks, giving the wood an attractive appearance. The sapwood is pale in color and sharply demarcated from heartwood; sapwood and heartwood are often used in furniture to give two toned effect. The grain is straight sometimes irregular and texture fine. The bole is 18-21m in length with a diameter of 40-75cm.

Physical and Mechanical Properties
- A very hard, very heavy wood with medium movement. Excellent mechanical strength:
- Air dried density (12%) - 1060kg/m3
- Bending strength (at 12%) - 213 N/mm2
- Modulus of elasticity (at 12%) - 23630 N/mm2
- Crushing strength (at 12%) - 110N/mm2