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Ako
Ako (Antiaris spp.)

Family: Moraceae

Common names: Ako, Antiaris, Chenchen, Kirundo, Kyenkyen, Mkuzu, Mlulu, Mumaka, Ogiovu, Oro

Common uses: Joinery, Millwork, Plywood, Tool handles

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isInterlocked, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterMedium

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight



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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 400 kg/m3
Bending Strength 366 569 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 200 345 kg/cm2
Hardness 144 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 71 84 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 400 336 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 5211 8098 psi
Density 25 lbs/ft3
Hardness 319 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 2850 4909 psi
Stiffness 1017 1199 1000 psi
Weight 25 21 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 11 %

Max. crushing strength = low
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shrinkage, Volumetric = moderate
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = very low

Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.U.S.D.A. Forest Service,1952,Foreign Woods Imported into the U.S.,F.P.L. Madison Rep., No. R1903-12
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