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African crabwood
African crabwood (Carapa grandiflora)

Family: Meliaceae

Common names: African crabwood, Agogo, Alla, Bete, Crabnut, Crabwood, Dona, Gobi, Kowi, Krupi, Muhumbulia, Mujogo, Mutongana, Omuruguya, Toon-kor-dah, Uganda crabwood

Distributed in: Angola, Uganda, Zaire (Africa)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Flooring, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Mine timbers, Paneling, Poles

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodDifferent than heartwood, Paler than heartwood.The grain isWavy, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterPronounced

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Silica Content: Siliceous

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Distortion, Moderate end spitting

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy ; Turning: Good results

Painting: Fair to Good; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 624 kg/m3
Bending Strength 513 800 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 380 574 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
Bending Strength 7310 11382 psi
Density 39 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 5408 8171 psi
Weight 38 31 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Max. crushing strength = medium
Max. crushing strength = high
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = very low
Bending strength (MOR) = low

Bryce, J.M.,1967,Commercial Timbers of Tanzania,Tanzanian Forestry Division Util. Sec. MoshiChudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Eggeling, W.J., Harris, C.M.,1939,Fifteen Uganda Timbers,Forest Trees and Timbers of the British Empire, Imperial Forestry,Institute, Oxford,Part 4Erfurth, T., Rusche, H.,1976,The Marketing of Tropical Wood A. Wood Species from African Moist Forests,F.A.O. Forestry DepartmentTack, C.H.,1969,Uganda Timbers,Govt. Printer UgandaTakahashi, A.,1978,Compilation of Data on the Mechanical Properties of Foreign Woods (Part,III) Africa,Shimane University, Japan, Research Report on Foreign Wood No. 7
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