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Moussanghoue
Moussanghoue (Scytopetalium tieghemii)

Family: Scytopetalaceae

Common names: Moussanghoue

Distributed in: Ivory Coast (Africa)

Common uses: Decorative plywood, Medicinal use, Plywood

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isPink or yellow, changing upon exposure to yellow brown , Redand the sapwoodNot distinct from heartwood , Red.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Moderately susceptible to termite attack , Perishable

Odor: Has an odor

Drying Defects: Distortion, Tendency to check and end-split if drying conditions are not controlled carefully

Ease of Drying: Seasons slowly but well, and requires care to prevent degrade

Comments: Medicinal purposes

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Very Good to Excellent Results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Good gluing properties

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Good nailing characteristics, Pre-boring recommended

Planing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fair to Good Results

Steam bending: Tends to Degrade

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Takes a good polish ; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 730 1136 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 365 620 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 150 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
Bending Strength 10388 16170 psi
Maximum Crushing Strength 5194 8820 psi
Shearing Strength 2136 psi
Stiffness 1764 2019 1000 psi

Compression strength (parallel to grain)=very high
Bending strength in the air-dry condition...very high

Bolza, E., Keating, W.G.,1972,African Timbers - the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 700 Species,C.S.I.R.O. Div. of Building Research
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