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Clicking any heading in the main data area (at right) will scroll the page back to this top position. Use the following links to jump to the associated section in the main data. Blunting Effect Boring Carving Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Distribution Overview Drying Defects Ease of Drying Environmental Profile Family Name Gluing Grain Heartwood Color Luster Mortising Moulding Nailing Natural Durability Numerical Data Odor Planing Polishing Product Sources References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Impregnation Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sapwood Color Scientific Name Screwing Silica Content Steam Bending Strength Properties Texture Toxicity Trade Name Tree Size Turning Scientific Name Terminalia macroptera Trade Name Chasemiich Family Name Combretaceae Common Names Chasemiich, Esemi, Kil, Kung, Macete, Otutu, Ouolotie, Tilautaea Regions of Distribution Africa Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda Common Uses Boat building, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Canoes, Construction, Crossties, Domestic flooring, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Flooring, Heavy construction, Lifeboats, Mine timbers, Parquet flooring, Pile-driver cushions, Piling, Poles, Railroad ties, Shipbuilding, Sub-flooring, Utility poles Environmental Profile Status has not been officially assessed Distribution Overview This species is widely distributed and gregarious in the savannah forests within its growth range which extends from Senegal to Sudan and Uganda in Africa. It thrives in heavy soils in moister regions. Heartwood Color Brown Yellow Orange Yellowish Light brown Sapwood Color Brown Yellow Pink Grey Yellowish-Gray Grain Figure Crossed Interlocked Interlocked Crossed Texture Fine Coarse Luster Medium High Natural Durability Durable Susceptible to attack by pinhole borers Good weathering characteristics The timber has good weathering properties, and is suitable for use in exterior applications Odor Has an odor Heartwood has a sweet scent Silica Content High Siliceous Toxicity Sawdust can cause skin irritation in some individuals Drying Defects Checking Ease of Drying Thick Stock Requires Care Moderately Difficult to Difficult Tree Size Bole length is 10-20 m Tree height is 20-30 m Boles are short and often twisted Product Sources The fruits are reported to have medicinal uses. Blunting Effect Moderate Boring Fairly difficult to very difficult Carving Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Cutting Resistance Easy to saw Moderate to saw Moderate to fairly difficult to saw Gluing Fair to Good Results Mortising Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Moulding Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Nailing Pre-Boring Recommended Poor to Very Poor Results Pre-boring required Holds nails well Planing Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Difficult to plane Uneven grain usually produces rough surfaces in planing. The timber is described as very tough and hard. It is rather difficult to turn, bore, mould, and work in other machining operations, and responds rather poorly to machine tools Resistance to Impregnation Resistant heartwood Resistant sapwood Response to Hand Tools Responds Poorly Responds poorly to hand tools Routing & Recessing Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Screwing Pre-boring recommended Pre-Boring is recommended in screwing Good screwing properties Turning Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Steam Bending Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Polishing Fair to Good Results Strength Properties Crushing strength = high Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high Bending strength (MOR) = high Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Bending Strength 9604 14749 psi Maximum Crushing Strength 4802 8208 psi Shearing Strength 1999 psi Stiffness 1642 1891 1000 psi Item Green Dry Metric Bending Strength 675 1036 kg/cm2 Maximum Crushing Strength 337 577 kg/cm2 Shearing Strength 140 kg/cm2 References Bolza, E., Keating, W.G.,1972,African Timbers - the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 700 Species,C.S.I.R.O. Div. of Building Research Keay, R.W.J. 1989. Trees of Nigeria. Revised Version of Nigerian Trees . Clarendon Press, Oxford.