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Casearia
Casearia (Casearia battiscombei)

Family: Flacourtiaceae

Common names: Casearia, Chapchabayet, Chepcharaiyet, Cheptokoriet, Forest sword leaf, Gusieruss, Liss, Mlikawandu, Mrikawandu, Muirungi, Munogo, Namasinzi, Servondet, Servwa, Sigikwa, Sihuling, Sikisiget, White matua

Distributed in: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe (Africa)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Furniture, Joinery, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Turnery

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isGreen/grey, Redand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium

Natural durability: The sapwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack, Very durable

Odor: Has a taste

Kiln Schedules: Kiln Drying Rate (in days) is fairly rapid

Kiln Drying Rate: Fairly rapid (11-17 days for boards under 32 mm, to 31-51 days for boards greater than 63 mm)

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, Uneven Moisture Content

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Finishes satisfactorily

Moulding: Satisfactory moulding

Movement in Service: Satisfactory moulding

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Suitable for peeling, There is slight to moderate drying degrade and the potential for buckles and splits

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Pre-boring recommended; Turning: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 576 kg/m3
Bending Strength 404 632 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 194 333 kg/cm2
Hardness 407 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 100 kg/cm2
Stiffness 85 99 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 560 448 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,35 0,49 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 5752 8992 psi
Density 36 lbs/ft3
Hardness 898 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 2762 4743 psi
Shearing Strength 1425 psi
Stiffness 1222 1420 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 5 7 inch-lbs/in3
Weight 35 28 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. 0
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. 0
Bending strength (MOR) = low 0
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Max. crushing strength = low
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Max. crushing strength = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Work to Maximum Load = very low
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Max. crushing strength (stiffness) = very low
Hardness (side grain) = very hard
Bending strength (MOR) = very low

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