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Aye
Aye (Morus lactea)

Family: Moraceae

Common names: Aye, Difou, East African mulberry, Kankate, Kivulevule, Manuku, Mecodze, Mekobze, Mukimbu, Mukoge, Nyakatoma, Turoro, Uganda mulberry, Wonton

Distributed in: Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda (Africa)

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Flooring, Fuelwood, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Mine timbers, Plywood corestock, Plywood, Railroad ties, Sporting Goods, Tool handles, Toys, Turnery, Vats, Vehicle parts

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, White to yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureUniform

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera), Susceptible to marine borer attack

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

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

Drying Defects: Collapse, Slight end splitting

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Easy to glue

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Poor to Very Poor

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Easy to cut

Steam bending: Very good

Screwing: Easy to screw ; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Staining (Characteristic) = coloured water-soluble extract ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 737 kg/m3
Bending Strength 654 1024 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 485 699 kg/cm2
Hardness 1333 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 200 kg/cm2
Stiffness 95 110 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 721 576 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9310 14566 psi
Density 46 lbs/ft3
Hardness 2940 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 6899 9945 psi
Shearing Strength 2847 psi
Stiffness 1358 1568 1000 psi
Weight 45 36 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Max. crushing strength = high
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = high
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Hardness (side grain) = very hard
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.

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