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African podocarpus
African podocarpus (Podocarpus usambarensis)

Family: Podocarpaceae

Common names: African podocarpus, Mse-mchunga, Mse-mvyee, Mse-mwanamke, Muse neneli, Musenenezi, Muzizimo, Nuki, Podo, Yellowwood

Distributed in: Tanzania, Uganda (Africa)

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

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

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

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

Kiln Drying Rate: Rapid

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Moderately easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

Gluing: Moderate gluing properties

Mortising: Moderately easy to mortise

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: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Satisfactory

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Satisfactory routing results

Sanding: 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: Satisfactory; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Staining (Characteristic) = non-staining; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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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 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. 1
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = low
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
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Toughness (total work) = very low
Max. crushing strength = low

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