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CalophyllumCalophyllumCalophyllum
Calophyllum (Calophyllum costatum)

Family: Guttiferae

Common names: Calophyllum, Red touriga, Satin mahogany

Distributed in: Australia (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building: decking, Decks, Flooring, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Moldings, Paneling, Piling, Plywood, Poles, Posts, Railroad ties, Turnery, Veneer

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureVery fineand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Resistant to termites, Susceptible to insect attack

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Variable

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Poor to Very Poor , Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Steam bending: Fair to Good Results

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 753 kg/m3
Bending Strength 654 1024 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 380 574 kg/cm2
Hardness 601 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 132 kg/cm2
Stiffness 83 97 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 9310 14566 psi
Density 47 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1326 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 5408 8171 psi
Shearing Strength 1883 psi
Stiffness 1188 1383 1000 psi
Weight 46 37 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Max. crushing strength = high
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Hardness (side grain) = medium

Bolza, E., Kloot, N.H.,1963,The Mechanical Properties of 174 Australian Timbers,C.S.I.R.O. Division of Forest Products Technological Paper,No.25Brown, W.H.,1978,Timbers of the World, No. 8 Australasia,TRADA, Red Booklet Series
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