TRADE NAME

FARO

 

SCIENTIFIC NAME

  • Daniellia thurifera Benn.
  • Daniellia klainei Pierre
  • Daniellia ogea Rolfe

 

FAMILY

Caesalpiniaceae

 

 

REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION

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

 

 

SAPWOOD

Distinct, whitish, thick = commonly 10 to 18 cm

 

HEARTWOOD

  • Colour : Pale pinkish brown to reddish brown with greenish-brown streaks
  • Grain : Slightly interlocked
  • Texture : Medium to coarse
  • Silver figure : Fine

 

 

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

 

 

END USE

  • Plywood (for core stock mainly)
  • Interior joinery and moulding
  • Furniture components
  • Boxes and crates
  • Blockboards

 

 

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.