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Green leaved Moreton bay fig
Green leaved Moreton bay fig (Ficus watkinsiana)

Family: Moraceae

Common names: Aoan, Au, Auon, Badhahal, Bedechall, Bedegal, Fig, Green leaved Moreton bay fig, Hoda, Hodda, Lulg, Nunu, Oot, Uosech ra rechelid, Uosechedel￿ U￿h, Wos

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

Distribution overview: The genus Ficus consists of about 800 species distributed throughout India, parts of Asia, the Pacific islands and Australia. There are about 40 Australian species most of which are found in tropical areas. This Ficus grows in the rainforests of north-east Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Most Fig trees are reported to start as a seed dropped on to another tree, from whence they roots down to the ground. They finally entrap and often kill the host tree. Others grow directly from the ground, and develop straight and tall trunks

Colors: the heart isTan, Whiteand the sapwoodWhite in color .The grain isInterlocked, the textureCoarse Exture is described as medium to coarse, and is rather uneven

Natural durability: Non-durable, Non-resistant to termites

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Comments: Light Little natural resistance to fungus and insects. loose-texturedSoft

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Difficult to saw Surfaces tend to be woolly

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Holds nails well, Pre-Boring Recommended

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant heartwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily

Steam bending: Very Good to Excellent Results

Screwing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Pre-boring recommended; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 416 kg/m3
Bending Strength 369 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 249 kg/cm2
Hardness 469 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 61 kg/cm2
Stiffness 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 5253 psi
Density 26 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1034 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3548 psi
Shearing Strength 872 psi
Toughness 25 inch-lbs


Bolza, E., Kloot, N. H. 1963. The Mechanical Properties of 174 Australian Timbers. Technological Paper No. 25. Division of Forest Products, Center for Scientific and Industrial Organization (CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia.Desch, H. E. 1954. Manual of Malayan Timbers - Volume II. Malayan Forest Records, No. 15. Malaya Publishing House Ltd., Singapore.Schneider, E.E. 1916. Commercial Woods of the Philippines: Their Preparation and Uses. Bulletin No. 14. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Forestry, Manila, Philippines.
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