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Anume
Anume (Metrosideros collina)

Family: Myrtaceae

Common names: Anume, Ohia, Vuga

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Decks, Flooring, Flooring: commercial heavy traffic, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Fuelwood, Furniture, Handles: general, Handles: woodworking tools, Heavy construction, Ladders, Light construction, Musical instruments, Paneling, Particleboard, Piling, Posts, Sporting Goods, Tool handles, Toys, Turnery, Vehicle parts

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

Colors: the heart isPurple, Reddish brownand the sapwoodPaler than heartwood .The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterLustrous

Natural durability: Resistant to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles, Resistant to attack from termites (Isoptera)

Kiln Schedules: UK=C US=T3C2/T3C1 Fr=3

Drying Defects: No surface checking, Slight surface checking

Ease of Drying: Difficult

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Boring: Moderately easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Mortising: Finishes satisfactorily

Moulding: Easy to mould

Movement in Service: Easy to mould

Nailing: Holds nails well, Possible if prebored

Planing: Planes to a poor finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Screwing: Possible if prebored, Screwing yields good results; Turning: Turns with moderate ease

Polishing: Fair to Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 913 kg/m3
Bending Strength 825 1280 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 455 663 kg/cm2
Hardness 901 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 155 kg/cm2
Stiffness 132 152 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 897 721 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,63 0,84 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 11747 18217 psi
Density 57 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1987 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 6473 9437 psi
Shearing Strength 2205 psi
Stiffness 1881 2168 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 9 12 inch-lbs/in3
Weight 56 45 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft 0
Max. crushing strength = high 0
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Work to Maximum Load = low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Hardness (side grain) = hard
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large

Bolza, E., Kloot, N.H.,1972,The Mechanical Properties of 56 Fijian Timbers,Australia C.S.I.R.O. Division of Forest Products Technological Paper,No.,62Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Fiji Department of Forestry,1969,A Summary of the Properties of 34 Indigenous Timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.38Fiji Department of Forestry,1972,Guide to the use of local timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.55Fiji Forestry Department,1971,The Properties and Potential Uses of Vuga (Metrosideros collina) A Summary,of C.S.I.R.O. Investigations,Fiji Timbers and their Uses No.52, Department of Forestry, Suva, FijiFiji Forestry Department,1981,The Properties and Uses of 43 Indigenous and Exotic Timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Fiji Timbers and their Uses No.71Keating, W.G., Bolza, E.,1982,Characteristics properties and uses of timbers. South East Asia, Northern,Australia and the Pacific,C.S.I.R.O. Div. Chemical Technology,Inkata Press,1Skolmen, R.G.,1963,Robusta Eucalyptus Wood: Its Properties and Uses,US. Forest Service Research Paper, No. PSW-9, Pacific Southwest Forest,Range Experimental Station
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