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Mchenga
Mchenga (Julbernardia globiflora)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Mchenga, Mgombo, Mpanate, Msima, Muba, Muimbi, Munondo, Musima, Muwa

Distributed in: Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Africa)

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Furniture, Handles: general, Heavy construction, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Mathematical instruments, Mine timbers, Piling, Plywood, Railroad ties, Toys, Turnery, Veneer, Wheel spokes, Wheels

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Reddish brownand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Schedules: Kiln Drying Rate (in days) is slow

Kiln Drying Rate: Very slow (>28 days for boards < 32 mm, to >84 days for boards >= 63 mm)

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Surface Preparation

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Possible if prebored, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Steam bending: Moderate

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 881 kg/m3
Bending Strength 804 1248 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 443 649 kg/cm2
Hardness 1045 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 160 kg/cm2
Stiffness 136 157 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 865 705 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,63 0,84 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 288 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 11443 17761 psi
Density 55 lbs/ft3
Hardness 2305 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 6302 9236 psi
Shearing Strength 2284 psi
Stiffness 1944 2240 1000 psi
Toughness 250 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 9 12 inch-lbs/in3
Weight 54 44 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

Max. crushing strength = high
Density (dry weight) = 61 - 67 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 53 - 60 lbs/cu. ft.
Work to Maximum Load = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = high
Max. crushing strength = medium
Toughness (total work) = medium
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Hardness (side grain) = very hard
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Hardness (side grain) = hard

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