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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 Comments Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Drying Defects Ease of Drying Environmental Profile Family Name Gluing Grain Heartwood Color Kiln Drying Rate Mortising Moulding Nailing Natural Durability Numerical Data Odor Planing Polishing References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Abrasion Resistance to Impregnation Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sapwood Color Scientific Name Screwing Texture Trade Name Tree Size Turning Weathering Scientific Name Eucalyptus papuana Trade Name Ghost Gum Family Name Myrtaceae Common Names Blackbutt, Ghost Gum, Western Australian Blackbutt Regions of Distribution Oceania and S.E. Asia Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea Common Uses Barrels, Boxes and crates, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Casks, Chemical containers, Construction, Crossties, Domestic flooring, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Flooring, Fuelwood, Heavy construction, Interior construction, Mine timbers, Packing cases, Parquet flooring, Pile-driver cushions, Piling, Poles, Railroad ties, Stair rails, Stairworks, Stringers, Sub-flooring, Utility poles Environmental Profile Status has not been officially assessed Heartwood Color Red Pink Reddish brown Pale red to pink Sapwood Color White Yellow Green/Grey Creamy in color Grain Even Closed Straight Wavy Wavy Straight Texture Fine Medium Even or uniform Uniform Medium-Textured Natural Durability Susceptible to insect attack Durable Non-resistant to powder post beetles Non-resistant to termites Resistant to termites Resistant to marine borers Moderately durable Freshly-Felled logs are vulnerable to attack by the snout beetle (Gonipterus scutellus) The timber is resistant to attack by termites. Resistant to attack by termites, but freshly-felled logs are vulnerable to attack by the snout beetle (Gonipterus scutellus). The timber has satisfactory weathering properties Weathering Good Odor No specific smell or taste Drying Defects Checking Moderate surface checking Ease of Drying Fairly Easy Moderately Difficult to Difficult Slowly Satisfactorily with little degrade Kiln Drying Rate Naturally dries at a moderate speed Tree Size Tree height is 40-50 m Tree height is 20-30 m Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm Tree height is 30-40 m Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm Comments Yeilds honey that is sticky and safe for livestock Blunting Effect Blunting effect on machining is moderate Boring Fair to good results Fairly easy to very easy Carving Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Cutting Resistance Easy to saw Reported to be hard and dense Material saws slowly Cuts well Gluing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Fair to Good Results Surface Preparation Mortising Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Moulding Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Nailing Fair to Good Results Very Good to Excellent Results Holds nails well Planing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Fair to Good Results Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Response to hand and machine tools is fairly good Described as dense and hard Resistance to Abrasion Moderate High Resistance to Impregnation Resistant heartwood Permeable sapwood Resistant sapwood Sapwood is treatable Heartwood resistance to preservative treatment is very high Response to Hand Tools Easy to Work Responds Readily Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work Responds well to hand tools Routing & Recessing Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Screwing Fair to Good Results Turning Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Polishing Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Bending Strength 10535 15092 psi Maximum Crushing Strength 5777 9055 psi Shearing Strength 2136 psi Stiffness 1700 1916 1000 psi Item Green Dry Metric Bending Strength 740 1061 kg/cm2 Maximum Crushing Strength 406 636 kg/cm2 Shearing Strength 150 kg/cm2 References Bolza, E., Kloot, N. H. 1963. The Mechanical Properties of 174 Australian Timbers. Technological Paper No. 25. Division of Forest Products, Center for Scientific and Industrial Organization (CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia 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