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Aoun
Aoun (Polyscias kikuyuensis)

Family: Araliaceae

Common names: Aoun, Aounet, Aul, Ewondet, Kwaluk, Mauchet, Muadswa, Mukanya, Mukurukuru, Mungorusa, Mutati, Ol-yalilingi, Saiyet, Samiet

Distributed in: Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire (Africa)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Food containers, Furniture, Light construction, Plywood corestock, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Sporting Goods, Toys

Environment profile: Abundant/Secure

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureUniformand the lusterHigh

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

Odor: Has an odor

Drying Defects: Slight end splitting, Uneven Moisture Content

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Poor to Very Poor

Movement in Service: Poor to Very Poor

Nailing: Poor to Very Poor , Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Abrasion: Moderate

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

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

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 368 kg/m3
Bending Strength 176 254 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 368 304 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 2509 3623 psi
Density 23 lbs/ft3
Weight 23 19 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 5 %

Density (dry weight) = 15-22 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Bending strength (MOR) = very low
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = small

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