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Beli
Beli (Julbernardia pellegriniana)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Awoura, Beli, Ekop, Ekop-beli, Erop-beli, Zebrali, Zebreli

Distributed in: Cameroon, Gabon (Africa)

Common uses: Bedroom suites, Boat building, Broom handles, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Carvings, Construction, Decorative plywood, Decorative veneer, Domestic flooring, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Factory construction, Figured veneer, Flooring, Furniture , Handles, Heavy construction, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Ladders , Lifeboats, Living-room suites, Millwork, Mine timbers, Moldings, Novelties, Office furniture, Paneling , Parquet flooring, Plywood, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Shafts/Handles, Shipbuilding, Structural plywood, Sub-flooring, Veneer: decorative

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 300-350 cm

Colors: the heart isLight brownand the sapwoodClearly differentiated from the heartwood, Pale yellow.The grain isStriped figure, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Drying Defects: Distortion The material air-seasons rapidly with little degrade. It also kiln dries with only slight checking and twisting. Some discoloration may occur during seasoning due to mold growth

Ease of Drying: Seasons rapidly with little degrade

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: Reaction with Metals - The timber tends to develop stains when it comes in contact with iron and iron compounds under moist conditions.

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Satisfactory gluing properties

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy A cutting angle of 20 degrees has been suggested to reduce fuzzy surfaces during moulding operations

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy A cutting angle of 20 degrees has been suggested to reduce fuzzy surfaces during moulding operations

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Good nailing properties

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Steam bending: Good

Screwing: Takes screws well ; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Satisfactory staining qualities; Varnishing: Satisfactory ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,72
Density 721 kg/m3
Bending Strength 965 1442 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 433 673 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 178 kg/cm2
Stiffness 140 161 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 705 496 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 13734 20519 psi
Density 45 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 6170 9574 psi
Shearing Strength 2542 psi
Stiffness 2005 2302 1000 psi
Specific Gravity 0.72
Weight 44 31 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 13 %

Bending strength (MOR) = very high
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Max. crushing strength = high
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shrinkage, Volumetric = fairly large
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = high
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Bending strength (MOR) = medium

Bolza, E., Keating, W.G.,1972,African Timbers - the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 700 Species,C.S.I.R.O. Div. of Building ResearchErfurth, T., Rusche, H.,1976,The Marketing of Tropical Wood A. Wood Species from African Moist Forests,F.A.O. Forestry DepartmentHughes, J.F.,1971,The Principal Timber Trees of Cameroon,Unpublished dataLetouzey, R., Mouranche, R.,1952,Ekop du Cammeroun,C.T.F.T,France Publ.,No.4Lincoln, W.A. 1986. World Woods in Color.Linden Publishing Co. Inc., Fresno, California.Takahashi, A.,1978,Compilation of Data on the Mechanical Properties of Foreign Woods (Part,III) Africa,Shimane University, Japan, Research Report on Foreign Wood No. 7
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