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| TRADE NAME |
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FARO |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME |
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Daniellia thurifera Benn.
Daniellia klainei Pierre
Daniellia ogea Rolfe
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| FAMILY |
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Caesalpiniaceae |
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| REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION |
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West Africa - Central Africa
Sierra Leone : GBESSI
Ivory Coast : FARO
Nigeria : OZIYA
Equat. Guinea : N'SU
Gabon : LONLAVIOL
Congo : SINFA N'DOLA
Ghana : SHEDUA
Zaire : BOLENGU
Great Britain : OGEA
W. Germany : DANIELLIA
Pr. = OCC. (large possibilities) Ex. = Low
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| SAPWOOD |
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Distinct, whitish, thick = commonly 10 to 18 cm |
| HEARTWOOD |
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- Colour : Pale pinkish brown to reddish brown with greenish-brown streaks
- Grain : Slightly interlocked
- Texture : Medium to coarse
- Silver figure : Fine
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| TECHNOLOGICAL PROPERTIES |
- Green weight (kg/m3) = 800 - 1000
- Specific gravity at 12% M.C. (kg/m3) MV12 = (medium) 550
- Volumetric swelling for 1% MC variation V% = (medium) 0.43
- Total tangential swelling T% = 7.2
- Total radial swelling R% = 3.6
- Crushing strength (N/mm2) C12 = 37
- Static bending strength (N/mm2) F12 = 90
- Modulus of elasticity (N/mm2) E12 = 7500
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| END USE |
- Plywood (for core stock mainly)
- Interior joinery and moulding
- Furniture components
- Boxes and crates
- Blockboards
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| REMARKS |
- Natural durability : Perishable
- Lyctus susceptibility : Yes
- Preservative treatment : Moderate
- Liable to sapstain logs should be rapidly extracted from forest and/or chemically treated, then converted without delay
- Other remarks :
- Some difference of aspect of peeled veneers of D. thurifera and D. ogea.
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