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African podocarpusAfrican podocarpus
African podocarpus (Podocarpus ensiculus)

Family: Podocarpaceae

Common names: African podocarpus, Mse-mghoshi, Mse-mwanamume, Podo, Yellowwood

Distributed in: Tanzania (Africa)

Common uses: Beehives, Boxes and crates, Concrete formwork, Food containers, Furniture, Plywood, Railroad ties

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 250-300 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeThe grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterLow

Natural durability: Resistant to marine borers, Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles

Kiln Schedules: UK=A US=T2D4/T2D3 Fr=1

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Slight end splitting, Slight surface checking

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Moderately easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Moderate gluing properties

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Holds nails well, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Satisfactory

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Routing recessing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Moderate

Screwing: Screwing yields good results, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Painting: Poor to Very Poor; Polishing: Good; Staining: Finish is generally good; Varnishing: Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 512 kg/m3
Bending Strength 429 674 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness 298 kg
Impact Strength 71 cm
Shearing Strength 85 kg/cm2
Stiffness 71 84 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 496 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,49 0,7 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 109 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6111 9589 psi
Density 32 lbs/ft3
Hardness 657 lbs
Impact Strength 28 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1221 psi
Stiffness 1017 1199 1000 psi
Toughness 95 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 7 10 inch-lbs/in3
Weight 31 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Work to Maximum Load
Toughness (total work) = very low
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Max. crushing strength = low

Bois, P.J.,1966,The Strength Properties of Tanzania Timbers,Tanzania Forest Div. Util. Sec. Moshi Tech. Note, No.35Bryce, J.M., Norcross, H.,1961,The Resistance of Tanganyika Timbers to Impregnation,Tanzania Forest Dept. Util. Sec .Tech. Note,No.28Bryce, J.M.,1967,Commercial Timbers of Tanzania,Tanzanian Forestry Division Util. Sec. MoshiDallimore, W. and Jackson, A. Bruce,1966,A Handbook of Coniferae and Ginkgoaceae Fourth Ed. Revised by S.G.,Harrison,Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd. LondonForest Products Research Laboratory U.K.,1957,A Handbook of Softwoods,Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Forest Products Research,HMSORijsdijk, L.F. and Laming, P.B.,1994,Physical and Related Properties of 145 Timbers, Information for,Practice,TNO Building and Construction Research Centre for Timber Research Kluwer,Academic PublishersTack, C.H.,1958,The Strength Properties of some Uganda Timbers,Uganda Forest Department Bulletin No. 5Tanzania Forest Division,1966,Kiln Drying Schedules for Tanzania Timbers Technical Note no.38,Tanzania Forest Div. Util. Sec. MoshiUganda Forest Department,1954,The Mechanical Properties of some Ugandan Timbers,Uganda Forest Department Timber Leaflet,No.1
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