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Laubu
Laubu (Garcinia myrtifolia)

Family: Guttiferae

Common names: Laubu

Distributed in: Fiji [Polynesia] (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Decks, Flooring, Flooring: commercial heavy traffic, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Handles: general, Heavy construction, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Paneling, Piling, Railroad ties, Sporting Goods, Tool handles, Vehicle parts

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

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

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Susceptible to marine borer attack

Kiln Schedules: Kiln Drying Rate (in days) is rapid

Kiln Drying Rate: Rapid (<10 days for boards < 32 mm, to <30 days for boards >= 63 mm)

Drying Defects: Moderate twist/warp, No twisting or warping

Ease of Drying: Fairly Easy

Blunting Effect: High to severe

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Holds nails well

Planing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Satisfactory

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Turning: Good results

Polishing: Fair to Good; Staining: Fair to Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 817 kg/m3
Bending Strength 714 1113 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 485 699 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 155 kg/cm2
Stiffness 124 143 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 801 641 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 10164 15844 psi
Density 51 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 6899 9945 psi
Shearing Strength 2205 psi
Stiffness 1766 2037 1000 psi
Weight 50 40 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Max. crushing strength = high 1
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft

Alston, A.S.,1966,Natural Heartwood Durability,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No. 2Alston, A.S.,1966,Powder Post Beetle Lyctus Species,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.6Bolza, E., Kloot, N.H.,1972,The Mechanical Properties of 56 Fijian Timbers,Australia C.S.I.R.O. Division of Forest Products Technological Paper,No.,62Fiji Department of Forestry,1969,A Summary of the Properties of 34 Indigenous Timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.38Fiji Department of Forestry,1972,Guide to the use of local timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.55Fiji Forestry Department,1967,The Properties and Potential Uses of Laubu (Garcinia myrtifolia) A Summary,of C.S.I.R.O. Investigations,Fiji Timbers and Their Uses No.17, Department of Forestry, Suva, FijiFiji Forestry Department,1969,Timbers for Flooring A Note on Current & Potential Species,Fiji Timbers and their Uses No.36, Department of Forestry, Suva, FijiFiji Forestry Department,1981,The Properties and Uses of 43 Indigenous and Exotic Timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Fiji Timbers and their Uses No.71Keating, W.G., Bolza, E.,1982,Characteristics properties and uses of timbers. South East Asia, Northern,Australia and the Pacific,C.S.I.R.O. Div. Chemical Technology,Inkata Press,1
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