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Mukunguru
Mukunguru (Casearia engleri)

Family: Flacourtiaceae

Common names: Mukunguru, Musandi

Distributed in: Kenya, Uganda (Africa)

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

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isPink, White to creamand the sapwoodWhite, White to yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, The sapwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack

Odor: Has an odor

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a moderate speed

Drying Defects: Moderate twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is cylindrical

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Fair to Good Results

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

Mortising: Moderately easy to mortise

Moulding: Moulding ease is moderate

Movement in Service: Moulding ease is moderate

Nailing: Holds nails well, Poor to Very Poor

Planing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Routing recessing: Fair to Good Results

Sanding: Fair to Good Results

Screwing: Poor to Very Poor Results, Screwing yields good results; Turning: Turns with moderate ease

Polishing: Fair to Good;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 576 kg/m3
Bending Strength 429 674 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 85 kg/cm2
Stiffness 71 84 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 560 448 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6111 9589 psi
Density 36 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1221 psi
Stiffness 1017 1199 1000 psi
Weight 35 28 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %

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

Bolza, E., Keating, W.G.,1972,African Timbers - the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 700 Species,C.S.I.R.O. Div. of Building ResearchDale, I.R., Greenway, P.J.,1961,Kenya Trees and Shrubs,Buchanans Kenya Estates Ltd. Nairobi Hatchards LondonEggeling, W.J.,1940,Indigenous Trees of Uganda,Govt. Printer Entebbe UgandaWimbush, S.H.,1950,Catalogue of Kenya Timbers,Govt. Printer Nairobi Kenya
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