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AsanfranAsanfran
Asanfran (Amphimas ferrugineus)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Asanfran, Bokanga, Edjin, Edzie, Edzil, Lati, Salaki mfutu, Vahn-chu, Yaya

Distributed in: Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone (Africa)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Flooring, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Millwork, Plywood, Poles, Posts, Railroad ties, Turnery, Veneer: decorative

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureCoarseand the lusterLow

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Susceptible to marine borer attack

Drying Defects: Checking, Moderate surface checking

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is buttressed

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Nailing: Easy to nail, Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work



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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 753 kg/m3
Bending Strength 748 1161 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 415 616 kg/cm2
Hardness 601 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 102 118 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 737 608 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 10643 16517 psi
Density 47 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1326 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 5905 8762 psi
Stiffness 1460 1686 1000 psi
Weight 46 38 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 14 %

Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shrinkage, Volumetric = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Max. crushing strength = high
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Modulus of Elasticity = moderate
Max. crushing strength = medium
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low

Bolza, E., Keating, W.G.,1972,African Timbers - the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 700 Species,C.S.I.R.O. Div. of Building ResearchFouarge, J., Gerard, G.,1964,Bois du Mayumbe,I.N.E.A.C. BelguimHughes, J.F.,1971,The Principal Timber Trees of Cameroon,Unpublished data
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