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Panga panga
Panga panga (Millettia stuhlmannii)

Family: Papilionaceae

Common names: Avong, Jambire, Mongoy, Mpande, Mpanga-mpanga, Panga panga, Partridge wood, Partridgewood, Umkuye, Wenge

Distributed in: Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe (Africa)

Distribution overview: The geographical range of Panga-panga covers the East Coast of Africa, from Kenya and Mozambique, south to the lakes of Tanzania.

Common uses: Bedroom suites, Boat building, Boxes and crates, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Carvings, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Construction, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Drum sticks, Excelsior, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Flooring: commercial heavy traffic, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Furniture, Handles: general, Hatracks, Heavy construction, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Ladders, Lifeboats, Light construction, Living-room suites, Mathematical instruments, Mine timbers, Musical instruments , Office furniture, Organ pipes, Parquet flooring, Piano keys, Pianos , Piling, Plywood, Railroad ties, Shipbuilding, Toys, Vats, Veneer

Product sources: The ITTO reports that timber from this species is produced regularly but it is exported only in low volumes.

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureUniformand the lusterLow

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Odor: No odor, generally.

Kiln Schedules: UK=E US=T6D2/T3D1 Fr=5

Kiln Drying Rate: Rapid (<10 days for boards < 32 mm, to <30 days for boards >= 63 mm)

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Blunting Effect: Severe and rapid effect

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Very Good to Excellent Results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: May require surface treatment for best results

Mortising: good

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Holds nails well, Possible if prebored

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Abrasion: Highly resistant to wear

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Unsuitable

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy ; Turning: Good results

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,83
Density 881 kg/m3
Bending Strength 672 1033 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 369 586 kg/cm2
Hardness 752 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 145 kg/cm2
Stiffness 114 132 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 865 673 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,63 0,84 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9561 14697 psi
Density 55 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1658 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 5262 8345 psi
Shearing Strength 2074 psi
Stiffness 1624 1881 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 9 12 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.83
Weight 54 42 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 5 %

Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft. 0
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Max. crushing strength = high
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Max. crushing strength = medium
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft.
Work to Maximum Load = low
Weight = very high
Toughness-Hammer drop (impact strength) = high
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = high
Density = very high
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high
Bending strength (MOR) = very high
Bending strength (MOR) = high

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