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OdokoOdoko
Odoko (Scottellia coriacea)

Family: Flacourtiaceae

Common names: Akossika, Ashante, Benarbinekele, Bilohg-bi-nkele, Emwenfuohai, Ewe, Koroko, Korokon, Koronkon, Kruku, Lakpa, Nemor bode, Ngobisolo, Odoko, Okoko, Tiabutuo, Wassau

Distributed in: Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone (Africa)

Distribution overview: The species occurs in West Africa, from Liberia to southern Nigeria. It grows in evergreen, lowland rain forests, and is often found on stream banks in small stands.

Common uses: Bent Parts, Brush backs & handles, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Chairs, Chests, Cooperages, Decorative plywood, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Drawer sides, Fine furniture, Flooring, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Food containers, Fuelwood, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Furniture, Hatracks, Heavy construction, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Light construction, Living-room suites, Millwork, Model airplanes, Moldings, Office furniture, Parquet flooring, Plywood, Poles, Posts, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rustic furniture, Sporting Goods, Stools, Sub-flooring, Tables, Tool handles, Toys, Trimming, Turnery, Utility furniture, Vehicle parts, Veneer, Veneer: decorative, Wainscotting, Wardrobes

Product sources: The ITTO reports that the species has the potential to be a source of valuable timber.

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodPaler than heartwood, Same as heartwood.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterLustrous

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

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Schedules: United Kingdom(1)/T6-D2(4/4)

Kiln Drying Rate: Kiln drying rate (green to 12% mc) is rapid, typically from less than 10 days for a board under 32 mm, to less than 30 days for a board 63 mm and thicker.

Drying Defects: Tendency to split, surface-check and end-checl during drying , Warping is negligible

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Slight blunting effect on cutting tools

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Saws well

Gluing: Good gluing properties

Mortising: good

Moulding: Good moulding properties

Movement in Service: Good moulding properties

Nailing: Possible if prebored, Tends to split during nailing

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Abrasion: Suitable for use as flooring material

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Responds well to hand tools

Routing recessing: Material responds well to moulding operations

Sanding: Yields relatively smooth surfaces

Veneering qualities: No drying degrade. Dries flat without splitting, Suitable for slicing

Steam bending: Very poor

Screwing: Good screw-holding characteristics , Screwing yields good results; Turning: Turns well with ordinary tools

Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,55
Density 657 kg/m3
Bending Strength 804 1180 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 412 638 kg/cm2
Hardness 515 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 140 kg/cm2
Stiffness 118 135 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 657 641 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,77 0,84 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 192 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 11439 16787 psi
Density 41 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1137 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 5866 9081 psi
Shearing Strength 1998 psi
Stiffness 1685 1928 1000 psi
Toughness 167 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 11 12 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.55
Weight 41 40 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. 0
Max. crushing strength = high 0
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium 0
Shrinkage, Radial = small 0
Bending strength (MOR) = medium 0
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Max. crushing strength = medium
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = high
Bending strength (MOR) = very high
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Work to Maximum Load
Toughness (total work) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Resists wearing, denting and marring fairly well
Max. crushing strength = low
Heavy
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Density=High
Compression strength (parallel to grain)=very high
Much stronger than Teak in the air-dry condition (about 12 percent moisture content

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