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Red ivorywoodRed ivorywood
Red ivorywood (Rhamnus zeyheri)

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Common names: M'beza, Mnai, Mucarane, Mulatchine, Pau preto, Pink ivory, Red ivorywood, Sungangona, Umgoloti, Umnini

Distributed in: Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Africa)

Common uses: Carvings, Chessmen, Decorative veneer, Flooring, Furniture , Inlay work, Interior construction, Joinery, Mine timbers, Paneling , Turnery, Vehicle parts, Veneer

Product sources: Red ivorywood is seldom found, and is sold at a very expensive price when available. Although it is called Red ivorywood and Pink ivory on the US market, the species is not related to the Ivorywood from Brazil (Balfourodendron iedelianum).Although Red ivorywood is widely considered as a rare species that is seldom used or carried by US dealers of exotic veneers, small quantities are available from environmentally responsible sources within its origin.

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed Known to be extremely rare and very difficult to find

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isPurple, Redand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight to interlocked, the textureUniformand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Checking, Distortion

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Blunting Effect: The wood has medium to severe dulling effect on cutting edges

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Good properties

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Pre-boring recommended

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy A reduced cutting angle is recommended for planing quarter sawn material and cutting edges should be kept very sharp to prevent grain pick-up

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is treatable

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Figured Red ivorywood logs are sliced into highly decorative veneers which are used for wall paneling

Steam bending: Poor Can only be bent to a large radius of curvature

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Holds screws firmly ; Turning: Popular choice for turnery work

Polishing: Shiny surfaces result ; Staining: Stains well;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,86
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Specific Gravity 0.86
Weight 54 44. lbs/ft3

Very heavy
High strength properties
It is very difficult to find, and is reported to be called the royal wood of the Zulus because of its rarity and its importance in local customs.

Constantine, Jr. A.J. 1975. Know your Woods - A Complete Guide to Trees, Woods, and Veneers. Revised Edition, Revised by Harry J. Hobbs.Charles Scribner and Sons, New York.Kaiser, J.1993.Wood of the Month: Red Ivorywood - Rarer than Diamonds.Wood & Wood Products, March 1993, Page 30.Kribbs, D.A. 1959. Commercial Foreign Woods on the American Market. Buckhout Lab., Dept. of Botany, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.Lincoln, W.A. 1986. World Woods in Color. Linden Publishing Co. Inc. Fresno, California.Rio Rivuma. 1993. Rhamnus zehyeri. On Rio Rivuma Species List September 10, 1993. Rio Rivuma
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