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Ata
Ata (Fagara leprieurii)

Family: Rutaceae

Common names: Ata, Atako, Atufio, Bgu-aye, Ekoune, Fasa kuwari, Fasakorihi, Fuwi, Gbu-aye, Hendje, Hengue, Kanton, Korokumo, Mbon, Munyenye, Ntalyerungu, Okuo, Pfui, Su-urului, Ughanghan, Ujo

Distributed in: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zaire (Africa)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Canoes, Light construction, Musical instruments: percussion, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 300-350 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterLustrous

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Drying Defects: Splitting

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is misshapen

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

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

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 689 kg/m3
Bending Strength 542 849 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness 298 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 95 110 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 43 lbs/ft3
Hardness 657 lbs
Stiffness 1358 1568 1000 psi
Weight 42 34 lbs/ft3

Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low

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