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SasauiraSasauira
Sasauira (Dysoxylum pilosum)

Family: Meliaceae

Common names: Sasauira

Distributed in: Fiji [Polynesia] (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Flooring, Light construction, Paneling

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Whiteand the sapwoodWhite, White to yellow.The grain isInterlocked, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Perishable, Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles

Drying Defects: Distortion, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Easy to cut, No drying degrade. Dries flat without splitting

Turning: Finish is generally satisfactory

Polishing: Fair to Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 512 kg/m3
Bending Strength 654 1024 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 132 kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 135 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 496 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9310 14566 psi
Density 32 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1883 psi
Stiffness 1665 1923 1000 psi
Weight 31 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

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

Alston, A.S.,1966,Powder Post Beetle Lyctus Species,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.6Fiji Department of Forestry,1969,A Summary of the Properties of 34 Indigenous Timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.38Fiji Department of Forestry,1972,Guide to the use of local timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.55Fiji Forestry Department,1970,The Properties and Potential Uses of Sasauira (Dysoxylum spp.) A Summary,of C.S.I.R.O. Investigations,Fiji Timbers and their Uses No.49, Department of Forestry, Suva, Fiji
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