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BauvidiBauvidi
Bauvidi (Palaquium fidjiense)

Family: Sapotaceae

Common names: Bauvidi, Bauvudi

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boat building: framing, Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Flooring, Furniture, Joinery (external): ground contact, Joinery, Light construction, Mathematical instruments, Moldings, Paneling, Particleboard, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Toys, Turnery, Veneer, Veneer: decorative

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isRed, Reddish brownand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureMediumand the lusterLustrous

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

Silica Content: High

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: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Fairly Easy

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Holds satisfactorily

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Satisfactory

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Sanding: Good sanding finish

Veneering qualities: No steaming needed during bolt preparation.

Turning: Easy to turn


  • Numerical data Metric
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  • Strength properties
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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 451 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 85 kg/cm2
Stiffness 77 90 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
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
Hardness 995 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1221 psi
Stiffness 1098 1289 1000 psi
Weight 32 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. 0
Max. crushing strength = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = medium

Alston, A.S.,1966,Natural Heartwood Durability,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No. 2Alston, A.S.,1966,Powder Post Beetle Lyctus Species,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.6Alston, A.S.,1982,Timbers of Fiji: Properties and potential uses,Fiji Forestry Department, SuvaBolza, 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.,62Budgen, B.,1981,Shrinkage and density of some Australian and South-East Asian Timbers,C.S.I.R.O. Div. building Res. Tech Paper(2nd Series) No.38Fiji Department of Forestry,1969,A Summary of the Properties of 34 Indigenous Timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.38Fiji 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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