Wood inspector

Family: Anacardiaceae

Common names: Rengas, Torotoro

Distributed in: Madagascar (Africa)

Common uses: Balusters, Boxes and crates, Building construction, Building materials, Carvings, Casks, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Construction, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Drum sticks, Excelsior, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Interior construction, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Light construction, Living-room suites, Moldings, Musical instruments , Office furniture, Organ pipes, Packing cases, Piano keys, Pianos , Precision instruments, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rustic furniture, Shipbuilding, Sounding boards, Turnery

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isInterlocked, the textureUniformand the lusterLow

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack by marine borers, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Silica Content: Non-siliceous Unlike other species in the genus, this species is non-siliceous

Kiln Drying Rate: Rapid

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Requires special attention

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Low cutting resistance

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Pre-Boring Recommended

Planing: Yields smooth surfaces

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is resistant

Response to hand tools: Satisfactory response to hand tools

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Yields smooth surfaces

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Unsuitable

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy ; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

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