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Saffraan
Saffraan (Cassine crocea)

Family: Celastraceae

Common names: Saffraan, Saffron, Saffron-wood

Distributed in: Madagascar, South Africa (Africa)

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Carvings, Flooring, Food containers, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Millwork, Mine timbers, Plywood, Sporting Goods, Tool handles, Turnery, Vats, Vehicle parts, Veneer: decorative

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isBrown, Redand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureFine

Natural durability: Moderately durable, Resistant to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles

Ease of Drying: Fairly Easy

Cutting Resistance: Cutting Resistance with dry wood is easy

Gluing: Easy to glue

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Moderate working qualities

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Turning: Good results

Painting: Fair to Good; Polishing: Satisfactory;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 753 kg/m3
Bending Strength 504 790 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness 752 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 124 kg/cm2
Stiffness 83 97 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 737 592 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 7178 11247 psi
Density 47 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1658 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1775 psi
Stiffness 1188 1383 1000 psi
Weight 46 37 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

Max. crushing strength = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Bending strength (MOR) = medium

Banks, C.H., Schoeman, J.P., Otto, K.P.,1977,The Mechanical Properties of Timbers with particular reference to South,Africa,South African Forestry Research Institute Bulletin,(Ed.,Schoeman, J.P. 1973 & Otto K.P. 1976,No.48Banks, C.H.,1954,The Mechanical Properties of Timbers with Particular Reference to those,grown in the Union of South Africa,Journal of the South African Forestry Association,No. 24 pp.44-65,[South,African Forestry Journal]Bolza, E., Keating, W.G.,1972,African Timbers - the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 700 Species,C.S.I.R.O. Div. of Building ResearchTakahashi, 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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