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KandaKanda
Kanda (Beilschmiedia spp.)

Family: Lauraceae

Common names: Kanda

Distributed in: Cameroon, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Zaire (Africa)

Common uses: Plywood

Product sources: The International Tropical Timbers Organizations reports that only small quantities of timber are produced and exported from species in the Beilschmiedia genus. The two species with the greates source of timber for export are reported to produce Brown kanda. They are B. congolana and B. oblongifolia .

Environment profile: Rare

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Reddish brownand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureUniform

Natural durability: Resistant to powder post beetles, Susceptible to insect attack

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Distortion, Internal Honeycombing Possible

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Very good to excellent results

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Very Good to Excellent Results

Screwing: Poor to Very Poor Results, 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: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 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


France - C.T.F.T./C.T.B.,1982,Guide pour le Choix des Essences Deroulables-pour la fabrication du,contreplaque,C.T.F.T./C.T.B. France
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