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Acacia
Acacia (Acacia auriculiformis)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Acacia, Ear-pod wattle, Papuan wattle

Distributed in: Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Native to the savannas of New Guinea, islands of the Torres Strait, and northern Australia, it has been widely introduced, e.g. in Fiji, India, Indonesia, Java, Malaysia, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Tanzania, Thailand, the Soloman Islands, Uganda, and Zanzibar.

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Cabinetmaking, Charcoal, Fuelwood, Furniture, Joinery, Light construction, Poles, Pulp/Paper products, Toys

Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isPale brown, Redand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isWavy

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Susceptible to marine borer attack

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is moderately resistant

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Satisfactory;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 576 kg/m3
Bending Strength 429 674 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 109 kg/cm2
Stiffness 95 110 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 560 464 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6111 9589 psi
Density 36 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1560 psi
Stiffness 1358 1568 1000 psi
Weight 35 29 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 5 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.

Ananthanarayana, A.K., Kumar, P. and Sharma, S.N.,1986,Possibilities of utilization of some exotic species from plantations for,timber products,Van Vigyan Vol.24, Nos. 1 & 2, 21-24Keating, 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,1Yoji Kikata (ed.,1991,The promotion of Lesser-known Species and Plantation-grown species,Proceedings of the International Forest Products Workshop, 14 to 15,October, 1991, Nagoya University, Japan
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