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Muchasi
Muchasi (Garcinia gerrardii)

Family: Guttiferae

Common names: Muchasi, Munyawa, Musuanandui, Mutachiru

Distributed in: Kenya, South Africa (Africa)

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Handles: general, Heavy construction, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Mine timbers, Poles, Railroad ties, Sporting Goods, Toys

Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodGreen/Grey, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureFine

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

Drying Defects: Moderate spring/bow, Moderate twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is unknown

Blunting Effect: Little

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: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is moderately resistant

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Steam bending: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Good; Varnishing: Good;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 849 kg/m3
Bending Strength 654 1024 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 415 616 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 139 kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 135 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 833 673 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9310 14566 psi
Density 53 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 5905 8762 psi
Shearing Strength 1989 psi
Stiffness 1665 1923 1000 psi
Weight 52 42 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Max. crushing strength = high
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Max. crushing strength = medium
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft

Banks, C.H., Schoeman, J.P., Otto, K.P.,1977,The Mechanical Properties of Timbers with particular reference to South,Africa,South African Forestry Research Institute Bulletin,(Ed.,Schoeman, J.P. 1973 & Otto K.P. 1976,No.48Bolza, E., Keating, W.G.,1972,African Timbers - the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 700 Species,C.S.I.R.O. Div. of Building ResearchScott, M.H.,1935,Weights of South African Growth Timbers,South African Department of Agriculture and Forestry Bulletin,No.145,Forest Products Institute, Forestry Series No.1Takahashi, A.,1978,Compilation of Data on the Mechanical Properties of Foreign Woods (Part,III) Africa,Shimane University, Japan, Research Report on Foreign Wood No. 7Wimbush, S.H.,1950,Catalogue of Kenya Timbers,Govt. Printer Nairobi Kenya
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