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Gordonia
Gordonia (Gordonia papuana)

Family: Theaceae

Common names: Gordonia, Mail

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

Common uses: Brush backs & handles, Flooring, Furniture, Heavy construction, Light construction

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodPinkish .The grain isWeak (figure), the textureMedium

Natural durability: Straight, Susceptible to insect attack

Kiln Drying Rate: Slow

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is buttressed

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Easy to Work

Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 641 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 624 496 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 40 lbs/ft3
Weight 39 31 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.

Eddowes, P.J.,1977,Commercial Timbers of Papua New Guinea: Their Properties and Uses,Hebano Press, Port Moresby, Papua New GuineaKraemer, J.H.,1951,Trees of the Western Pacific Region,West Lafayette, Indiana U.S.A.
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