Wood inspector

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Kifusa, Mbanda, Mpossa

Distributed in: Congo (Africa)

Common uses: Bedroom suites, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Cabinetmaking, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Construction, Crossties, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Heavy construction, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Living-room suites, Mine timbers, Office furniture, Parquet flooring, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Railroad ties, Rustic furniture, Shipbuilding, Stools, Sub-flooring, Tables , Utility furniture

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodPale yellow, Yellow.The grain isInterlocked, the textureResinous and oily

Natural durability: Spiral, Straight

Silica Content: Siliceous

Drying Defects: Distortion, Warping can be expected

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Blunting Effect: Cutting edges are dulled slightly

Boring: Satisfactory results

Carving: Responds fairly well to carving

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Responds fairly well to moulding operations

Movement in Service: Responds fairly well to moulding operations

Nailing: Poor to Very Poor

Planing: Yields smooth surfaces

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Satisfactory response to hand tools

Routing recessing: Satisfactory routing qualities

Sanding: Satisfactory sanding characteristics

Steam bending: Moderate

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Satisfactory

Painting: Fair to Good; Polishing: Fair to Good; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;