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Chumnalilet
Chumnalilet (Afrocrania volkensii)

Family: Cornaceae

Common names: Chumnalilet, Kalkalter, Kamnyalilet, Kasakiga, Mugonyone, Mukorombosi, Mushemeki, Musonganyonyi, Muveneki, Muyandege, Saiit, Tasakiet, Torokoi, Tumbechi

Distributed in: Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe (Africa)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Brush backs & handles, Cabinetmaking, Furniture, Joinery, Light construction, Plywood, Toys, Turnery, Veneer: decorative

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isPurple, Redand the sapwoodWhite to yellow .The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterLow

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera), Susceptible to marine borer attack

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Blunting Effect: High to severe

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Easy to glue

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Holds nails well

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Screwing: Screwing yields good results ; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results


  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 560 kg/m3
Bending Strength 429 674 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 109 kg/cm2
Stiffness 95 110 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 544 432 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6111 9589 psi
Density 35 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1560 psi
Stiffness 1358 1568 1000 psi
Weight 34 27 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. 1
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Max. crushing strength = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large

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 UgandaFrance - 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. FrancePalgrave, K.C.,1977,Trees of Southern Africa,Cape Town South AfricaTack, C.H.,1969,Uganda Timbers,Govt. Printer UgandaWimbush, S.H.,1950,Catalogue of Kenya Timbers,Govt. Printer Nairobi Kenya
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