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Babul
Babul (Acacia arabica)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Babbar, Babla, Babola, Babul, Babur, Bamura, Baval, Bawal, Fali, Gabur bakar, Gobalu, Gobli, Jali, Kalikikar, Karrijali, Karuvai, Karuvelam, Karuvelum, Kikar, Meshwal, Nella tuma, Tamma, Tuma, Vedi-babul

Distributed in: Burma, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Babul is widespread in Africa and Asia, and can also be found in Australia. In Kenya, it is mainly found at 900 to 2 000 m. It is found in well watered Sahelian and Sudanian savannas to the southern Arabian Peninsula, East Africa and in the Gambia, the Sudan, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, and on lateritic soil in the Himalayan foothills in India (where it is indigenous to Sind, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra). It is also cultivated in other areas, including Sri Lanka.

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Beams, Bearings & bushings, Boat building (general), Boat building, Boat building: decking, Boat building: framing, Bridge construction, Canoes, Carvings, Charcoal, Crossties, Door, Dyewood , Flooring, Foundation posts, Fuelwood, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Lifeboats, Light construction, Mine timbers, Piling, Poles, Posts, Railroad ties, Shipbuilding, Sporting Goods, Stakes, Structural work, Tool handles, Truck bodies, Turnery, Vats, Vehicle parts

Environment profile: Status unknown in many of its growth areas

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

Colors: the heart isWhite, White to creamand the sapwoodWhitish, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterPronounced

Natural durability: Very durable, Very durable

Kiln Schedules: Kiln Drying Rate (in days) is rather slow

Kiln Drying Rate: Slow (18-28 days for boards < 32 mm, to 52-84 days for boards >= 63 mm)

Drying Defects: Splitting, Surface checks

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Blunting Effect: Slight dulling effect on cutting edges

Carving: Very good results

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Nailing (Ease) = ,1,2,3,5

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Yields a smooth, clean finish

Steam bending: Moderate

Turning: Very good

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,6 0,61
Density 801 kg/m3
Bending Strength 935 1452 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 482 729 kg/cm2
Hardness 1202 kg
Impact Strength 162 119 cm
Shearing Strength 177 kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 133 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 5 %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 881 785 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 214 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 13312 20655 psi
Density 50 lbs/ft3
Hardness 2652 lbs
Impact Strength 64 47 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 6857 10376 psi
Shearing Strength 2519 psi
Stiffness 1674 1899 1000 psi
Toughness 186 inch-lbs
Specific Gravity 0.6 0.61
Weight 55 49 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 5 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 8 %

Bending strength (MOR) = high 0
Hardness (side grain) = very hard
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Volumetric = small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = high
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Density (dry weight)= 53 - 60 lbs/cu. ft
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Weight = high
Shrinkage, Volumetric = moderate
Shrinkage, Volumetric = large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Resists denting and marring
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very high
Max. crushing strength = high
Density = high
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high

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