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KondrotiKondroti
Kondroti (Bombax brevicuspe)

Family: Bombacaceae

Common names: Akagaouan, Alone, Kingue, Kondroti, Meguza, Mfume, Mungura, Munguza, Ogumalonga

Distributed in: Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Tanzania (Africa)

Distribution overview: Tropical west Africa, but sometimes in secondary savannah forests.

Common uses: Blockboard, Boxes and crates, Core Stock, Furniture components, Joinery, Moldings, Plywood

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhitish, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterNon-lustrous and very dull

Natural durability: Perishable, Suceptible to attack by fungi and other wood destroying insects

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Schedules: UK=E (4/4)

Drying Defects: Severe fungal staining, Severe splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: Generally stiff, moderate crushing strength, resistant to shock

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Holds nails well, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: good

Resistance to Impregnation: Wood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Moderate blunting effect on cutting edges

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Rotary cutting qualities are good at room temperature

Steam bending: Moderate

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

Painting: Fair to Good; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Stains well; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,35
Density 464 kg/m3
Bending Strength 296 467 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 163 307 kg/cm2
Hardness 177 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 50 60 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 4224 6654 psi
Density 29 lbs/ft3
Hardness 392 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 2332 4371 psi
Stiffness 715 862 1000 psi
Specific Gravity 0.35
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %

Vulnerable to denting and marring
Max. crushing strength = low
Hardness = low
Density = medium
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = low
Bending strength (MOR) = low

ITTO. 1986. Tropical Timber Atlas, Volume 1 - Africa. Prepared for International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) by Centre Technique Forestier Tropical (CTFT, Division of CIRAD, 45bis, Avenue de la Belle Gabrielle, Nogent-sur-Marne Cedex, France.Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Keay, R.W.J.1989. Trees of Nigeria.Revised Version of Nigerian Trees. Clarendon Press, Oxford.Lincoln, W.A. 1986. World Woods in Color. Linden Publishing Co. Inc. Fresno, California.
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