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Anzem
Anzem (Copaifera religiosa)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Anzem, Bengi, N'tene

Distributed in: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Zaire (Africa)

Distribution overview: Likely grows from Panama southward to Argentina and Paraguay.

Common uses: Balusters, Bent Parts, Boxes and crates, Building construction, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Casks, Chairs, Chests, Construction, Decorative plywood, Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hardboards, Hatracks, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Light construction, Living-room suites, Millwork, Moldings, Novelties, Office furniture, Packing cases, Parquet flooring, Particleboard, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Pulpwood, Vehicle parts

Product sources: The ITTO reports that timber is produced from this species and exported in negligible quantities.

Environment profile: Generally widespread, secure, and abundant within most of its range

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureFine to mediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Susceptible to termite attack

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Blunting Effect: Slight

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Glues well

Mortising: Fair to Good

Nailing: Fair to Good , Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Reduction of cutting angle recommended

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is moderately resistant

Response to hand tools: Easy to Work

Routing recessing: Fair to Good Results

Turning: Easy to turn

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 592 kg/m3
Bending Strength 516 978 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 258 461 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 117 kg/cm2
Stiffness 90 103 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 753 544 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 7350 13916 psi
Density 37 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 3675 6566 psi
Shearing Strength 1666 psi
Stiffness 1294 1470 1000 psi
Weight 47 34 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 4 %

Heavy
Density = high
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high
Bending strength (MOR) = high

Bolza, E., Keating, W.G.,1972,African Timbers - the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 700 Species,C.S.I.R.O. Div. of Building ResearchChudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.ITTO.1986.Tropical Timber Atlas, Volume 1 - Africa.International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (CTFT, 45bis, Avenue de la Belle Gabrielle, Nogent-sur-Marne Cedex, France.WCMC.1992.Conservation Status Listing - Trees and Timbers of the World.World Conservation Monitoring Center - Plants Programme, Cambridge, CB3 ODL, United Kingdom.
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