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Cape ash
Cape ash (Ekebergia capensis)

Family: Meliaceae

Common names: Cape ash, Dog plum, Essen-boom, Essenhout, Koosho, Mgwenyezinja, Mudanhatsindi, Munyama, Munyimonyimo, Muvhwanyimo, Umgwenyezinja

Distributed in: South Africa, Zimbabwe (Africa)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Brush backs & handles, Cabinetmaking, Flooring, Food containers, Furniture, Handles: general, Joinery, Light construction, Matches, Millwork, Moldings, Paneling, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Sporting Goods, Tool handles, Toys, Turnery, Vats, Vehicle parts, Wheel spokes, Wheels

Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isPale brown, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodSame as heartwood .The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera), Very durable

Kiln Schedules: UK=E US=T6D2/T3D1 Fr=5

Drying Defects: No end splitting, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is buttressed

Boring: Easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Easy to glue

Mortising: Easy to mortise

Moulding: Easy to mould

Movement in Service: Easy to mould

Nailing: Easy to nail

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine


Painting: Good; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 512 kg/m3
Bending Strength 519 814 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2
Hardness 451 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 109 kg/cm2
Stiffness 95 110 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 496 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 7391 11580 psi
Density 32 lbs/ft3
Hardness 995 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi
Shearing Strength 1560 psi
Stiffness 1358 1568 1000 psi
Weight 31 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

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

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