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Fiji hardwoodFiji hardwood
Fiji hardwood (Palaquium hornei)

Family: Sapotaceae

Common names: Fiji hardwood, Fijian palaquium, Sacau

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Cabinetmaking, Decks, Flooring, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Furniture, Handles: general, Heavy construction, Joinery (external): ground contact, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Mine timbers, Piling, Posts, Railroad ties, Sporting Goods, Turnery, Vehicle parts

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isPurple, Reddish brownand the sapwoodPaler than heartwood .The grain isStraight, the textureMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to marine borer attack, Very durable

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

Kiln Drying Rate: Fairly rapid (11-17 days for boards under 32 mm, to 31-51 days for boards greater than 63 mm)

Drying Defects: Moderate surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Fairly Easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Nailing: Difficult to nail, Holds nails well

Planing: Poor to Very Poor

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Turning: Good results


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 913 kg/m3
Bending Strength 804 1248 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 485 699 kg/cm2
Hardness 901 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 155 kg/cm2
Stiffness 134 155 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 897 737 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 11442 17761 psi
Density 57 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1987 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 6899 9945 psi
Shearing Strength 2205 psi
Stiffness 1916 2209 1000 psi
Weight 56 46 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft 1
Max. crushing strength = high
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Hardness (side grain) = hard

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 Department of Forestry,1972,Guide to the use of local timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.55Fiji 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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