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Common Names
Common Uses
Countries of Distribution
Cutting Resistance
Ease of Drying
Family Name
Gluing
Grain
Heartwood Color
Nailing
Natural Durability
Natural Growth Defects
Numerical Data
Painting
Planing
References
Regions of Distribution
Resistance to Impregnation
Sapwood Color
Scientific Name
Strength Properties
Texture
Trade Name
Varnishing
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Common Names
Ala, Alagba, Baobab, Cream of tartar tree, Dodo, Ekuba, Ethiopian sour gourd, Fromodo, Hilai, Mbuyu, Mguya, Mkulukumba, Mlambe, Mlonje, Monkeybread tree, Mubuyu, Mubuzi, Mukulukumbe, Muuyu, Muvei, Muwe, Muweyu, Muwiyu, Muyu, Salo, Toreg, Toyega, Tua, Tuo, Tuwa, Umkhomo, Umkomo
Regions of Distribution
Africa, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia
Countries of Distribution
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Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Common Uses
Boat building (general), Canoes, Charcoal, Chemical derivatives, Food containers, Fuelwood, Pulp/Paper products
Heartwood Color
Sapwood Color
Grain
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Natural Growth Defects
Natural Durability
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| Heartwood susceptible to attack by decay fungi |
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Ease of Drying
Cutting Resistance
| Cutting Resistance with dry wood is difficult |
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Gluing
| Gluing is often difficult |
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Nailing
Planing
Resistance to Impregnation
Painting
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Strength Properties
| Density (dry weight) = 15-22 lbs/cu. ft. |
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| Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft. |
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Density (dry weight)=less than 15 lbs
Numerical Data
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| Density | | 17 | lbs/ft3 |
| Weight | 17 | 14 | lbs/ft3 |
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| Density | | 272 | kg/m3 |
References
Fanshawe, D.B.,1962,Fifty Common Trees of Northern Rhodesia,Natural Resources Board and Forestry Department, Ndola
Goldsmith, B., Carter, D.T.,1981,The Indigenous Timbers of Zimbabwe,Forestry Commission, Zimbabwe Research Bulletin No.9
Irvine, F.R.,1961,Woody Plants of Ghana,O.U.P. London
Kryn, J.M., Forbes, E.W.,1959,The Woods of Liberia,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture,Forest Products Laboratory, Madison,,Report No. 2159
Palgrave, K.C.,1957,Trees of Central Africa,National Publ. Trust,Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Pardy, A.A.,1953,Notes on Indigenous Trees and Shrubs of S. Rhodesia - Adansonia digitata,Ministry of Agriculture and Lands S. Rhodesia Bulletin,No.1697
Scott, M.H.,1935,Weights of South African Growth Timbers,South African Department of Agriculture and Forestry Bulletin,No.145,Forest Products Institute, Forestry Series No.1
Storrs, A.E.G.,1979,Know your Trees - Some of the Common Trees found in Zambia,Zambia Forestry Department, Ndola
Tack, C.H.,1969,Uganda Timbers,Govt. Printer Uganda
Vaid, K.M., Vaid, R.,1978,Currency Paper from Adansonia,Indian Journal of Forestry,1(1,pp53-5
White, F.,1962,Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia,O.U.P. London
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