Ba bet (Alangium chinense)
Family: Alangiaceae
Common names: Ba bet
Distributed in: Zimbabwe (Africa)
Distribution overview: Exposed places and margins of forests; below 1800 m. In China, in Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, S Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang. Also in E Africa and SE Asia.
Common uses: Boxes and crates, Furniture, Heavy construction, Light construction, Matches, Model airplanes, Pencil, Plywood, Toys
Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m
Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureMedium to coarse
Natural durability: Perishable, Perishable
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Nailing: Holds nails well, Very Good to Excellent
Planing: Very Good to Excellent
Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood
Painting: Satisfactory; Varnishing: Satisfactory;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
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- References
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Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Goldsmith, B., Carter, D.T.,1981,The Indigenous Timbers of Zimbabwe,Forestry Commission, Zimbabwe Research Bulletin No.9Purkayastha, S.K.,1982,Indian woods: Their identifications, properties and uses, Vol. IV,Myrlacene to Symploceae,Controller of Publications, New DelhiWhite, F.,1962,Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia,O.U.P. London
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