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Hoop pineHoop pine
Hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii)

Family: Araucariaceae

Common names: Australian araucaria, Bunya bunya, Hoop pine, Norfolk Island pine, Pin colonnaire, Sapin de montagne

Distributed in: Australia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, South Africa (Africa, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland), Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea. An emergent tree which occurs mainly in Fagaceae forest above 1000m up to 2745m. Relatively dense stands are found in forest on loam, clay, sand or peat soils on ridges, sometimes on swampy terrain. In Australia, it is scattered in rainforest. In New Guinea associated species include Araucaria hunsteinii, Castanopsis, Lithocarpus, Flindersia, Elaeocarpus, Podocarpus and Toona and in Australia Flindersia zanthoxyla, F. australis, F. pubescens, Dysoxylum spp., Ceratopetalum apetalum and the members of Lauraceae and Celastraceae are associated.

Common uses: Balusters, Bedroom suites, Boat building, Boxes and crates, Broom handles, Brush backs & handles, Building construction, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Casks, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Construction, Decorative plywood, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Handles, Hatracks, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Ladders , Light construction, Moldings, Paneling , Pulp/Paper products, Shipbuilding, Tool handles, Turnery, Vehicle parts

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isTurn reddish brown upon exposure, Yellowand the sapwoodWhitish, Yellow.The grain isModerately to severely interlocked, the textureFineand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera), Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a moderate speed

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries at a moderate speed

Drying Defects: May check, May warp

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Fairly difficult to carve

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Planes fairly well but cutters may require frequent sharpening

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Moderate working qualities

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Soaking treatment helps to dissolve the white abrasive deposits in timber , Steaming recommended

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results


Painting: Fairly Easy to Very Easy ; Polishing: Fair to Good;

  • Numerical data Metric
  • Numerical data English
  • Strength properties
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,36 0,48
Density 480 kg/m3
Bending Strength 461 804 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 32 65 kg/cm2
Hardness 334 kg
Impact Strength 38 cm
Shearing Strength 106 kg/cm2
Stiffness 93 115 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 4 %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 464 384 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 81 cm-kg
Static Bending 274 562 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6563 11442 psi
Crushing Strength 469 936 psi
Density 30 lbs/ft3
Hardness 737 lbs
Impact Strength 15 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 3538 6319 psi
Shearing Strength 1513 psi
Static Bending 3910 7997 psi
Stiffness 1323 1644 1000 psi
Toughness 71 inch-lbs
Specific Gravity 0.36 0.48
Weight 29 24 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 4 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 9 %

Bending strength (MOR) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Max. crushing strength = low
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = very low
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Resists wearing and marring
Resists denting and marring
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Medium weight
High in density
Fairly hard
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 15-22 lbs/cu. ft.
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high
Bending strength (MOR) = very high

Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Desch, H. E. 1954. Manual of Malayan Timbers - Volume II. Malayan Forest Records, No. 15. Malaya Publishing House Ltd., Singapore.Kloot, N. H. and E. Bolza.1961.Properties of Timbers Imported into Australia.Technological Paper No. 12.Division of Forest Products, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia.Limaye, V.D. 1954. Grouping of Indian Timbers and their Properties, Uses and Suitability. Indian Forest Records, New Series. Timber Mechanics, Vol. 1, No. 2, Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India.Limaye, V.D. and B.R. Sen. 1953. Weights and Specific Gravities of Indian Woods.Indian Forest Records, New Series. Timber Mechanics, Vol. 1, No. 4, Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India.Troup, R.S. 1909. Indian Woods and Their Uses. The Indian Forest Memoirs, Economic Products Series, Volume 1, No. 1. Superintendent, Government Printing, Calcutta, India.
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