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White beechWhite beech
White beech (Gmelina leichardtii)

Family: Verbenaceae

Common names: Binburra, White beech

Distributed in: Australia, Papua New Guinea (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

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: Timber produced by at least two species in the genus Gmelina are marketed as White beech. They include G. leichardtii and G. fasciculiflora.

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isShallowly interlocked, the textureVery fineand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Sapwood non-resistant to furniture beetles, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Discoloration, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Low cutting resistance

Gluing: Satisfactory gluing properties

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Easy to Work

Sanding: Easy to sand

Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Fair to Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 528 kg/m3
Bending Strength 484 744 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 48 kg/cm2
Hardness 266 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 98 kg/cm2
Stiffness 79 104 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 78 cm-kg
Static Bending 471 kg/cm2
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


Bolza, E. and N.H. Kloot.1963.The Mechanical Properties of 174 Australian Timbers.Division of Forest Products Technological Paper No. 25.Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia.Cause, M.L, E.J. Rudder, and W.T. Knyaston. 1989. Queensland Timbers - Their Nomenclature, Density and Lyctid Susceptibility.Technical Pamphlet No. 2. Timber Research and Extension Branch, Department of Forestry, Queensland, Australia.Keating, 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,1Kloot, N.H. and E. Bolza. 1961. Properties of Timbers Imported into Australia. Division of Forest Products Technological Paper No. 12. Commonwealth scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia.
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