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Anakwa
Anakwa (Holoptelea grandis)

Family: Ulmaceae

Common names: Anakwa, Avep-ele, Aweb, Awob, Ayo, Bala, Butungu, Gomboul, Inajoko, Kekele, M'bosso, Mumuli, Mutaa, Mutawale, Nemba, Nemba-mbolo, Olazo, Orange barked terminalia, Ulazo

Distributed in: Congo, India, Ivory Coast, Sudan, Uganda, Zaire (Africa, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Flooring, Food containers, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Matches, Millwork, Paneling, Particleboard, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Railroad ties, Tool handles, Turnery, Vats, Vehicle parts, Veneer: decorative

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodSame as heartwood, Yellow.The grain isStriped figure, the textureUniformand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Susceptible to Termite (lsoptera) attack, Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Schedules: UK= C US=T3C2/T3C1 Fr=3

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

Drying Defects: No surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: High to severe

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Easy to glue

Mortising: Finishes well

Moulding: Good finishing

Movement in Service: Good finishing

Nailing: Difficult to nail, Easy to nail

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Routing recessing: Routing is difficult

Sanding: Good sanding finish

Turning: Poor results

Polishing: Satisfactory;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 673 kg/m3
Bending Strength 826 1262 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 391 588 kg/cm2
Hardness 511 kg
Impact Strength 81 cm
Shearing Strength 155 kg/cm2
Stiffness 98 114 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 657 528 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 11749 17953 psi
Density 42 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1127 lbs
Impact Strength 32 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 5573 8368 psi
Shearing Strength 2205 psi
Stiffness 1403 1625 1000 psi
Weight 41 33 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 12 %

Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Max. crushing strength = high
Max. crushing strength = medium
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = low
Shrinkage, Volumetric = moderate
Shrinkage, Volumetric = fairly large
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = medium
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = very high

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