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KampangaKampanga
Kampanga (Swartzia madagascariensis)

Family: Caesalpiniaceae

Common names: Kampanga, Kasanda, Mucherechese, Mucherekese, Mudyamhembge, Mukosho, Mulundu, Mushakashela, Mutseketsa, Naquada, Ndale, Pau ferro, Pau rosa, Snake bean, Snake bean tree, Swartzia, Umketsheketshe, Umtsakatsha, Umtshakatsha, Umtsheketshe

Distributed in: Mozambique, Sudan, Zimbabwe (Africa)

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Charcoal, Flooring, Fuelwood, Furniture, Handles: general, Heavy construction, Joinery, Ladders, Mine timbers, Musical instruments, Plywood, Posts, Railroad ties, Sporting Goods, Toys, Turnery, Vats

Environment profile: Endangered

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Very durable, Very durable

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a slow speed

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results

Screwing: Pre-boring recommended, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Satisfactory;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 961 kg/m3
Bending Strength 954 1473 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 485 699 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 189 kg/cm2
Stiffness 152 175 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 945 849 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 13576 20956 psi
Density 60 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 6899 9945 psi
Shearing Strength 2695 psi
Stiffness 2167 2494 1000 psi
Weight 59 53 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Max. crushing strength = high
Density (dry weight) = >75 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very high
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium

Banks, C.H. and J.P. Schoeman. 1963. Railway Sleeper and Crossing Timbers. Bulletin No. 41, Republic of South Africa. The Government Printer, Pretoria, South Africa.Banks, C.H., Schoeman, J.P., Otto, K.P.,1977,The Mechanical Properties of Timbers with particular reference to South,Africa,South African Forestry Research Institute Bulletin,(Ed.,Schoeman, J.P. 1973 & Otto K.P. 1976,No.48Bolza, E., Keating, W.G.,1972,African Timbers - the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 700 Species,C.S.I.R.O. Div. of Building ResearchFanshawe, D.B.,1962,Fifty Common Trees of Northern Rhodesia,Natural Resources Board and Forestry Department, NdolaGoldsmith, B., Carter, D.T.,1981,The Indigenous Timbers of Zimbabwe,Forestry Commission, Zimbabwe Research Bulletin No.9Irvine, F.R.,1961,Woody Plants of Ghana,O.U.P. LondonPardy, A.A.,1954,Notes on Indigenous Trees and Shrubs of S.Rhodesia - Swartzia,madagascariensis,Ministry of Agriculture and Lands S. Rhodesia,Bulletin,No.1778White, F.,1962,Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia,O.U.P. London
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