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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 Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Drying Defects Ease of Drying Family Name Grain Heartwood Color Kiln Drying Rate Kiln Schedules Luster Nailing Natural Durability Numerical Data Planing References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Impregnation Resistance to Splitting Response to Hand Tools Sanding Sapwood Color Scientific Name Silica Content Strength Properties Texture Trade Name Tree Size Turning Veneering Qualities Scientific Name Palaquium fidjiense Trade Name Bauvidi Family Name Sapotaceae Common Names Bauvidi, Bauvudi Regions of Distribution Oceania and S.E. Asia Countries of Distribution Fiji [Polynesia] Common Uses Boat building (general), Boat building: framing, Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Flooring, Furniture, Joinery (external): ground contact, Joinery, Light construction, Mathematical instruments, Moldings, Paneling, Particleboard, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Toys, Turnery, Veneer, Veneer: decorative Heartwood Color Brown Red Purple Reddish brown Pale red to pink Sapwood Color White Yellow Paler than heartwood Grain Even Closed Interlocked Straight Wavy Wavy Straight Interlocked Figure shows rays Texture Medium Fine Coarse Fine to medium Luster Lustrous Natural Durability Durable Resistant to marine borers Non-durable Perishable Moderately durable Susceptible to insect attack Resistant to powder post beetles Non-resistant to marine borers Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles Perishable Sapwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera) Pinworms (ambrosia beetles) may be present in the felled log Pinworms (ambrosia beetles) are commonly present Silica Content High Kiln Schedules Kiln Drying Rate (in days) is rapid Drying Defects Distortion Splitting Checking Ease of Drying Fairly Easy Easy Kiln Drying Rate Rapid (<10 days for boards < 32 mm, to <30 days for boards >= 63 mm) Tree Size Sapwood width is 5-10 cm Sapwood width is 0-5 cm Bark width is 5-10 mm Tree height is 10-20 m Tree height is 20-30 m Tree height is 30-40 m Blunting Effect Moderate High to severe Boring Fairly easy to very easy Cutting Resistance Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw Cutting Resistance with green wood is easy Cutting Resistance with dry wood is easy Nailing Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Holds satisfactorily Planing Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Very Good to Excellent Results Planes well, to a good finish Resistance to Impregnation Sapwood is permeable Heartwood is resistant Resistance to Splitting Satisfactory Response to Hand Tools Easy to machine Sanding Good sanding finish Turning Easy to turn Veneering Qualities No steaming needed during bolt preparation. Strength Properties Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. Max. crushing strength = medium Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low Bending strength (MOR) = low Shrinkage, Radial = small Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate Shrinkage, Radial = very small Shrinkage, Tangential = small Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large Shrinkage, Tangential = very small Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low Hardness (side grain) = soft Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. Shrinkage, Radial = moderate Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium Bending strength (MOR) = medium Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Bending Strength 6511 10212 psi Density 33 lbs/ft3 Hardness 995 lbs Maximum Crushing Strength 3916 6397 psi Shearing Strength 1221 psi Stiffness 1098 1289 1000 psi Weight 32 25 lbs/ft3 Radial Shrinkage 3 % Tangential Shrinkage 7 % Item Green Dry Metric Bending Strength 457 717 kg/cm2 Density 528 kg/m3 Hardness 451 kg Maximum Crushing Strength 275 449 kg/cm2 Shearing Strength 85 kg/cm2 Stiffness 77 90 1000 kg/cm2 Weight 512 400 kg/m3 Radial Shrinkage 3 % References Alston, A.S.,1966,Natural Heartwood Durability,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No. 2 Alston, A.S.,1966,Powder Post Beetle Lyctus Species,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.6 Alston, A.S.,1982,Timbers of Fiji: Properties and potential uses,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva Bolza, E., Kloot, N.H.,1972,The Mechanical Properties of 56 Fijian Timbers,Australia C.S.I.R.O. Division of Forest Products Technological Paper,No.,62 Budgen, B.,1981,Shrinkage and density of some Australian and South-East Asian Timbers,C.S.I.R.O. Div. building Res. Tech Paper(2nd Series) No.38 Fiji Department of Forestry,1969,A Summary of the Properties of 34 Indigenous Timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Suva. Fiji timbers and their uses No.38 Fiji Forestry Department,1969,Timbers for Flooring A Note on Current & Potential Species,Fiji Timbers and their Uses No.36, Department of Forestry, Suva, Fiji Fiji Forestry Department,1981,The Properties and Uses of 43 Indigenous and Exotic Timbers,Fiji Forestry Department, Fiji Timbers and their Uses No.71 Keating, W.G., Bolza, E.,1982,Characteristics properties and uses of timbers. South East Asia, Northern,Australia and the Pacific,C.S.I.R.O. Div. Chemical Technology,Inkata Press,1