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Ala
Ala (Adansonia digitata)

Family: Bombacaceae

Common names: Ala, Alagba, Baobab, Cream of tartar tree, Dodo, Ekuba, Ethiopian sour gourd, Fromodo, Hilai, Mbuyu, Mguya, Mkulukumba, Mlambe, Mlonje, Monkeybread tree, Mubuyu, Mubuzi, Mukulukumbe, Muuyu, Muvei, Muwe, Muweyu, Muwiyu, Muyu, Salo, Toreg, Toyega, Tua, Tuo, Tuwa, Umkhomo, Umkomo

Distributed in: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Africa, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Canoes, Charcoal, Chemical derivatives, Food containers, Fuelwood, Pulp/Paper products

Colors: the heart isBrown, Pale red to pinkand the sapwoodSame as heartwood .The grain isStraight, the textureFine

Natural durability: Perishable, Sapwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack

Ease of Drying: Difficult

Cutting Resistance: Cutting Resistance with dry wood is difficult

Gluing: Gluing is often difficult

Nailing: Nails hold poorly

Planing: Planes to a poor finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Heartwood is permeable


Painting: Poor; Varnishing: Poor turning properties ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 272 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 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
Density 17 lbs/ft3
Weight 17 14 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 15-22 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight)=less than 15 lbs

Fanshawe, D.B.,1962,Fifty Common Trees of Northern Rhodesia,Natural Resources Board and Forestry Department, NdolaGoldsmith, B., Carter, D.T.,1981,The Indigenous Timbers of Zimbabwe,Forestry Commission, Zimbabwe Research Bulletin No.9Irvine, F.R.,1961,Woody Plants of Ghana,O.U.P. LondonKryn, J.M., Forbes, E.W.,1959,The Woods of Liberia,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture,Forest Products Laboratory, Madison,,Report No. 2159Palgrave, K.C.,1957,Trees of Central Africa,National Publ. Trust,Rhodesia and NyasalandPardy, A.A.,1953,Notes on Indigenous Trees and Shrubs of S. Rhodesia - Adansonia digitata,Ministry of Agriculture and Lands S. Rhodesia Bulletin,No.1697Scott, M.H.,1935,Weights of South African Growth Timbers,South African Department of Agriculture and Forestry Bulletin,No.145,Forest Products Institute, Forestry Series No.1Storrs, A.E.G.,1979,Know your Trees - Some of the Common Trees found in Zambia,Zambia Forestry Department, NdolaTack, C.H.,1969,Uganda Timbers,Govt. Printer UgandaVaid, K.M., Vaid, R.,1978,Currency Paper from Adansonia,Indian Journal of Forestry,1(1,pp53-5White, F.,1962,Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia,O.U.P. London
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