White beech (Gmelina fasciculiflora)
Family: Verbenaceae
Common names: White beech
Distributed in: Australia, Papua New Guinea (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Distribution overview: Northern and central regions of Queensland, Australia.
Common uses: Bedroom suites, Boat building, Brush backs & handles, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Construction, Core Stock, Decorative plywood, Decorative veneer, Domestic flooring, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Figured veneer, Flooring, Furniture , Heavy construction, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Lifeboats, Living-room suites, Mine timbers, Office furniture, Parquet flooring, Plain veneer, Plywood, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Shipbuilding, Structural plywood, Sub-flooring, Turnery, Utility plywood, Veneer
Product sources: The trade name White beech is used to refer to timber produced by at least two species in the genus Gmelina species, Gmelina leichardtii and Gmelina fasciculiflora .
Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm
Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isShallowly interlocked, the textureUniformand the lusterMedium
Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable
Odor: No specific smell or taste
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly
Drying Defects: Resin Exudation, Splitting
Ease of Drying: Slowly
Blunting Effect: Moderate
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Carving: Good carving characteristics
Cutting Resistance: Saws well
Gluing: Moderate gluing properties
Mortising: Responds very well to mortising operations
Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent
Planing: Yields smooth surfaces
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Responds Readily
Routing recessing: Good routing qualities
Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy
Steam bending: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Painting: Poor to Very Poor; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Item |
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Dry |
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Specific Gravity |
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Density |
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528 |
kg/m3 |
Bending Strength |
484 |
744 |
kg/cm2 |
Crushing Strength |
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48 |
kg/cm2 |
Hardness |
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266 |
kg |
Impact Strength |
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cm |
Shearing Strength |
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98 |
kg/cm2 |
Stiffness |
79 |
104 |
1000 kg/cm2 |
Tangential Shrinkage |
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Radial Shrinkage |
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Weight |
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kg/m3 |
Maximum Load |
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cm-kg/cm3 |
Toughness |
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78 |
cm-kg |
Static Bending |
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471 |
kg/cm2 |
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| | | | Item | Green | Dry | English | Bending Strength | 6889 | 10584 | psi | Crushing Strength | | 686 | psi | Density | | 33 | lbs/ft3 | Hardness | | 588 | lbs | Maximum Crushing Strength | 3626 | 6203 | psi | Shearing Strength | | 1401 | psi | Static Bending | | 6713 | psi | Stiffness | 1127 | 1480 | 1000 psi | Toughness | | 68 | inch-lbs | Weight | 32 | 26. | lbs/ft3 | |
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