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Australian mahogany
Australian mahogany (Dysoxylum fraseranum)

Family: Meliaceae

Common names: Australian mahogany, Australian rose mahogany, Australian rosewood, Bog onion, Red bean, Rose mahogany, Rosewood, Turnip wood

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

Common uses: Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Flooring, Furniture, Joinery (external): ground contact, Joinery, Millwork, Moldings, Turnery, Veneer: decorative

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a slow speed

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Moderate twist/warp, Slight collapse and honeycomb

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good General finishing qualities are rated as satisfactory

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Very Good to Excellent Results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Mortising: Fair to Good

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Poor to Very Poor

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Poor

Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Good;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 753 kg/m3
Bending Strength 542 849 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 485 699 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 71 84 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 7711 12078 psi
Density 47 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 6899 9945 psi
Stiffness 1017 1199 1000 psi
Weight 46 37 lbs/ft3

Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Max. crushing strength = high
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low

Anderson, R.H.,1947,The Trees of New South Wales,New South Wales Department of AgricultureAudas, J.W.,Native Trees of Australia,Whitcombe & Tombs PTY. LtdAustralia - N.S.W. Forestry Commission,1988,Furniture Timbers of New South Wales,Forest Commission, N.S.W., Aust. Tech. Publication No.1Boas, I.H.,1947,The Commercial Timbers of Australia - Their Properties and Uses,Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, MelbourneDesch, H.E.,1954,Manual of Malayan Timbers (2 vols,Malayan Forest Records,no.15Gay, F.J., Et al,1955,Standard laboratory colonies of termites for evaluating the resistance of,timber, timber preservatives and other materials to termite attack.,C.S.I.R.O., Australia Bulletin,No.277
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