Amazakoue
| Wood Technical Fact Sheet
Guibourtia
ehie - Ovangkol - Amazakoue
Family:
Leguminosae
Other
Common Names: Ehie, Anokye (Ghana), Amazoue, Amazakoue (Ivory Coast).Currently
being marketed in the United States as "Mozambique."
Distribution:
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Southern Nigeria, and Gabon. Prefers closed rain forests
and transitional forests, often in small groups.
The
Tree: Reaches a height of 100 to 150 ft; boles straight, cylindrical,
up to 70 ft in length; trunk diameters 2 to 3 ft over buttresses.
The
Wood:
General
Characteristics: Heartwood yellow brown to dark brown with gray to
almost black stripes; sapwood yellow white, about 4 in. wide, clearly demarcated.
Texture moderately coarse; grain straight to interlocked; attractive figure;
unpleasant odor when freshly cut.
Weight:
Basic specific gravity (ovendry weight/green volume) 0.67; air-dry density
52 pcf.
Mechanical
Properties: (2-cm standard)
Moisture
Content-% |
Bending
Strenght
Psi
|
Modulus
of Elasticity-1,000 psi
|
Maximum
Crushing Strength-Psi
|
| 12%
(47) |
20.000
|
2.540
|
8.950
|
| 12%
(46) |
15.500
|
2.250
|
8.300
|
|
Amsler
toughness 330 in.-lb at 12% moisture content (2-cm specimen).
Drying
and Shrinkage: Requires care in seasoning. No information on kiln schedules.Shrinkage
green to ovendry: radial 3.6 to 5.3%; tangential 6.6 to 9.8%; volumetric
10.0 to 12.0%.
Working
Properties: Saws slowly but well for its density, works fairly easily
with hand and machine tools, planes to a good finish, must be heated before
slicing into veneers.May stain when in contact with metal.
Durability:
Heartwood moderately durable, rarely attacked by termites.
Preservation:
Heartwood resistant to impregnation; sapwood moderately resistant.
Uses:
Fine furniture and cabinetwork, turnery, decorative veneers, flooring.
A walnutlike wood. Yields a gum copal used in pharmaceuticals and as a
base
for varnishes.
Additional
Reading: (3), (9), (47)
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Source:USDA
Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive,
Madison, WI 53705-2398, (608) 231-9200, Excerpt from USDA Document