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Makore
Makore (Mimusops heckelii)

Family: Sapotaceae

Common names: Aganokwe, Baku, Makore

Distributed in: Benin, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo (Africa)

Distribution overview: The species occurs in Africa, from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Gabon, and south to Cabinda. It is widely distributed in the high rain forests.

Common uses: Bedroom suites, Boat building, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Decorative plywood, Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Lifeboats, Living-room suites, Office furniture, Parquet flooring, Plywood, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rustic furniture, Shipbuilding, Stools, Sub-flooring, Tables , Turnery, Utility furniture, Veneer, Wardrobes

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isOccasionally interlocked, but not always, the textureVery fineand the lusterLustrous

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Susceptible to pin hole borer and longhorn beetle

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Silica Content: Contains high levels of silica

Kiln Schedules: T8 - D3 (8/4) US

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Distortion (twist/warp) is likely, Expect slight degrade due to knots, splits, and loosening

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Comments: Logs may shatter upon felling

Blunting Effect: Severe and rapid due to silica

Cutting Resistance: Tungsten carbibe cutters are recommended

Gluing: Glues well

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Possible if prebored

Planing: Poor to Very Poor

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is moderately resistant

Response to hand tools: Easy to Work

Sanding: Good sanding properties

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Sapwood is unsuitable for steam bending

Screwing: High tendency to split , Possible if prebored; Turning: Tungsten-Tipped cutters recommended

Polishing: Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,39 0,55
Density 673 kg/m3
Bending Strength 713 876 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 95 kg/cm2
Hardness 435 kg
Impact Strength 73 65 cm
Shearing Strength 110 kg/cm2
Stiffness 87 96 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 817 560 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,7 0,91 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 135 cm-kg
Static Bending 615 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 10148 12466 psi
Crushing Strength 1352 psi
Density 42 lbs/ft3
Hardness 960 lbs
Impact Strength 29 26 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 4986 7213 psi
Shearing Strength 1578 psi
Static Bending 8761 psi
Stiffness 1248 1378 1000 psi
Toughness 118 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 10 13 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.39 0.55
Weight 51 35 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %

Weight = high
Resists denting and marring
Hardness (side grain) = hard
Density = high
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high
Bending strength (MOR) = high

Banks, C.H. and J.P. Schoeman. 1963. Railway Sleeper and Crossing Timbers. Bulletin No. 41, Republic of South Africa. The Government Printer, Pretoria, South Africa.Bolza, E., Keating, W.G.,1972,African Timbers - the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 700 Species,C.S.I.R.O. Div. of Building ResearchHMSO.1972.Handbook of Hardwoods.2nd Edition.Revised by R.H. Farmer.Department of the Environment, Building Research Establishment, Princes Risborough Laboratory, Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.ITTO.1986.Tropical Timber Atlas, Volume 1 - Africa.International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (CTFT, 45bis, Avenue de la Belle Gabrielle, Nogent-sur-Marne Cedex, France.Lavers, G. M.1966.The Strength Properties of Timbers.Forest Products Research Bulletin, No. 50.Ministry of Technology, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London.Lincoln, W.A. 1986. World Woods in Color. Linden Publishing Co. Inc., Fresno, California.
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