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Azobe
Azobe (Lophira spp.)

Family: Ochnaceae

Common names: Azobe, Bongossi, Ekki

Common uses: Cabinetmaking, Charcoal, Furniture, Heavy construction, Tool handles, Vehicle parts

Environment profile: Endangered

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isBrown, Yellowand the sapwoodBrown, Red.The grain isInterlocked, the textureMedium coarse to coarseand the lusterHigh

Natural durability: Durable, Very durable

Odor: Has a taste

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a slow speed

Drying Defects: Severe surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fair to Good Results

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Poor to Very Poor

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Suitable for slicing

Steam bending: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

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

Painting: Surface Preparation; Polishing: Surface Preparation; Staining: Finish is generally satisfactory;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 954 1473 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 485 699 kg/cm2
Hardness 1333 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 152 175 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 13576 20956 psi
Hardness 2940 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 6899 9945 psi
Stiffness 2167 2494 1000 psi
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Max. crushing strength = high
Hardness (side grain) = very hard
Bending strength (MOR) = medium

Banks, C.H., Schoeman, J.P., Otto, K.P.,1977,The Mechanical Properties of Timbers with particular reference to South,Africa,South African Forestry Research Institute Bulletin,(Ed.,Schoeman, J.P. 1973 & Otto K.P. 1976,No.48Gerry, E., Miller, C.M.,1954,Triplochiton scleroxylon,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison,Report,No. 1974,1-5U.S.D.A. Forest Service,1952,Foreign Woods Imported into the U.S.,F.P.L. Madison Rep., No. R1903-12
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