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Sassafras
Sassafras (Doryphora sassafras)

Family: Monimiaceae

Common names: Canary sassafras, Golden deal, Grey sassafras, Sassafras, Yellow sassafras

Distributed in: Australia (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Australia, in the brushwood forests throughout the coastal regions of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland.

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Brush backs & handles, Cabinetmaking, Flooring, Furniture, Plywood corestock, Plywood, Tool handles, Turnery, Veneer: decorative

Environment profile: Status unknown due to inadequate information

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow to golden-yellow to orange, Yellowish to greenishand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureFineand the lusterLow

Natural durability: Sapwood immune to lyctus attack, Susceptible to insect attack

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries at a moderate speed

Drying Defects: Slight cupping, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is buttressed

Comments: Although a hardwood, the timber is mistakenly referred to as a softwood in trade.General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

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

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Routing recessing: Moderately easy

Veneering qualities: Easy to cut, Suitable for peeling

Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results


  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,45 0,49
Density 576 kg/m3
Bending Strength 539 835 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 38 76 kg/cm2
Hardness 440 kg
Impact Strength 38 cm
Shearing Strength 112 kg/cm2
Stiffness 96 112 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 560 448 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 125 cm-kg
Static Bending 308 620 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 7677 11888 psi
Crushing Strength 549 1085 psi
Density 36 lbs/ft3
Hardness 972 lbs
Impact Strength 15 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 4163 6899 psi
Shearing Strength 1603 psi
Static Bending 4381 8820 psi
Stiffness 1374 1598 1000 psi
Toughness 109 inch-lbs
Specific Gravity 0.45 0.49
Weight 35 28 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Max. crushing strength = medium
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.

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