Wood inspector

Family: Burseraceae

Common names: Adjouaba, Assia, Igaganga, Mouguengueri, Mouvendo, Ossabel, Ozigo, Safoukala

Distributed in: Gabon (Africa)

Distribution overview: West Africa in the rain forests.

Common uses: Balusters, Bedroom suites, Building construction, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Construction, Core Stock, Decorative plywood, Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Factory flooring, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Interior construction, Kitchen cabinets, Light construction, Living-room suites, Moldings, Office furniture, Parquet flooring, Pile-driver cushions, Piling, Plain veneer, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Pulpwood, Shipbuilding, Veneer

Product sources: The ITTO reports that the species is a regular source of timber for exportation.

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isInterlocked, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterOccaisonally lustrous

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack by marine borers and termites, Very durable

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Silica Content: Dacryodes timbers usually contain silica in enough quantities to affect some machining properties Silica Content

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Poor to Very Poor Results

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Holds nails well

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Suitable for peeling, Suitable for slicing

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Good screw holding properties; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

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