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Avom
Avom (Cleistopholis glauca)

Family: Annonaceae

Common names: Avom, Lukunzu, Otu, Ovok, Sobou, Sobu

Distributed in: Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zaire (Africa)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Pulp/Paper products

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, White to creamand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium to coarse

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Drying Defects: Checking

Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: High to severe

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Pre-Boring Recommended

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work


Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 303 464 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 100 188 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 4310 6606 psi
Maximum Crushing Strength 1432 2675 psi
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Max. crushing strength = low
Max. crushing strength (stiffness) = very low
Bending strength (MOR) = very low
Bending strength (MOR) = low

Erfurth, T., Rusche, H.,1976,The Marketing of Tropical Wood A. Wood Species from African Moist Forests,F.A.O. Forestry DepartmentFrance - C.T.F.T./C.T.B.,1982,Guide pour le Choix des Essences Deroulables-pour la fabrication du,contreplaque,C.T.F.T./C.T.B. FrancePieters, A.,1977,Essences Forestieres du Zaire,R.U.G. Gent BelguimTakahashi, 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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