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ChasemiichChasemiich
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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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 675 1036 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 337 577 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 140 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 9604 14749 psi
Maximum Crushing Strength 4802 8208 psi
Shearing Strength 1999 psi
Stiffness 1642 1891 1000 psi

Crushing strength = high
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high
Bending strength (MOR) = 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 ResearchKeay, R.W.J.1989. Trees of Nigeria.Revised Version of Nigerian Trees . Clarendon Press, Oxford.
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