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Kaudamu
Kaudamu (Myristica castaneaefolia)

Family: Myristicaceae

Common names: Kaudamu

Distributed in: Fiji [Polynesia] (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Flooring, Furniture, Handles: general, Joinery (external): ground contact, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Moldings, Paneling, Particleboard, Plywood, Tool handles, Toys, Turnery, Vehicle parts, Veneer

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, White to yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterHigh

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

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Schedules: Kiln Drying Rate (in days) is rapid

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

Drying Defects: Moderate surface checking, Slight collapse and honeycomb

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Very Good to Excellent Results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fair to Good Results

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Good finishing

Movement in Service: Good finishing

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is resistant

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Easy to cut

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

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

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 528 kg/m3
Bending Strength 457 717 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 85 kg/cm2
Stiffness 83 97 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Weight 512 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6511 10212 psi
Density 33 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1221 psi
Stiffness 1188 1383 1000 psi
Weight 32 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Max. crushing strength = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = medium

Alston, A.S.,1966,Powder Post Beetle Lyctus Species,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.6Bolza, 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.,62Fiji Department of Forestry,1972,Guide to the use of local timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.55Fiji Forestry Department,1966,The Properties and Potential Uses of Kaudamu (Myristica species) A Summary,of C.S.I.R.O. Investigations,Fiji Timbers and their Uses No. 11, Department of Forestry, Suva, Fiji.Fiji Forestry Department,1969,Timbers for Flooring A Note on Current & Potential Species,Fiji Timbers and their Uses No.36, 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,1
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