
Chasemiich (Terminalia macroptera)
Family: Combretaceae
Common names: Chasemiich, Esemi, Kil, Kung, Macete, Otutu, Ouolotie, Tilautaea
Distributed in: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda (Africa)
Distribution overview: This species is widely distributed and gregarious in the savannah forests within its growth range which extends from Senegal to Sudan and Uganda in Africa. It thrives in heavy soils in moister regions.
Common uses: Boat building, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Canoes, Construction, Crossties, Domestic flooring, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Flooring, Heavy construction, Lifeboats, Mine timbers, Parquet flooring, Pile-driver cushions, Piling, Poles, Railroad ties, Shipbuilding, Sub-flooring, Utility poles
Product sources: The fruits are reported to have medicinal uses.
Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed
Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m
Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellowishand the sapwoodYellow, Yellowish-Gray .The grain isInterlocked, the textureFineand the lusterMedium
Natural durability: Good weathering characteristics , Susceptible to attack by pinhole borers
Odor: Heartwood has a sweet scent
Silica Content: Siliceous
Drying Defects: Checking
Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care
Blunting Effect: Moderate
Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult
Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw
Gluing: Fair to Good Results
Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Pre-boring required
Planing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Responds poorly to hand tools
Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Steam bending: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Screwing: Pre-Boring is recommended in screwing , Pre-boring recommended; Turning: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Polishing: Fair to Good;
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