Tropical wood · Africa
Aningeria wood
Aningeria (Aningeria spp., family Sapotaceae) is a tropical timber from Africa. Dry, its Janka hardness is 740–1,250 lbf (3,292–5,560 N), and air-dry it weighs about 30–36 lb/ft³ (481–577 kg/m³). The figures are from the USDA Forest Products Laboratory's Tropical Timbers of the World, pp. 329–330.
Other names, by country: Agnegre, Anegre (Ivory Coast), Landosan (Nigeria), Mukali, Kali (Angola), Osan, Mutoke (Uganda), Mukangu, Muna (Kenya).
Key numbers
- Janka hardness, dry
- 740–1,250 lbf (3,292–5,560 N)
- As printed: “Janka side hardness 740-1,250 lb for dry material.”
- Air-dry density
- 30–36 lb/ft³ (481–577 kg/m³)
- Basic specific gravity
- 0.40–0.48 oven-dry weight, green volume
- As printed: “Basic specific gravity (ovendry weight/green volume) 0.40-0.48; air-dry density 30-36 pcf.”
- Shrinkage, green to oven-dry
- 7.0% tangential
- Radial 3.8%, volumetric 11.8%
One source: USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Tropical Timbers of the World (Chudnoff, 1979 edition), the only published source read for this wood
Strength
Bending strength is the modulus of rupture (MOR); stiffness is the modulus of elasticity (MOE); crushing strength is compression parallel to the grain. The sheet collects these from published tests: it prints 4 data sets, from different tests and sources, so they can differ widely; all are shown, in the sheet's order, each at the moisture content printed beside it, never restated as 12%.
| Moisture | Bending strength (MOR) | Stiffness (MOE) | Crushing strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 7,930 psi (55 MPa) | 1.1 million psi (7.6 GPa) | 4,250 psi (29 MPa) |
| 12% MC | 7,980 psi (55 MPa) | 1.17 million psi (8.1 GPa) | 5,260 psi (36 MPa) |
| 12% MC | 13,000 psi (90 MPa) | — | 7,000 psi (48 MPa) |
| 12% MC | 15,000 psi (103 MPa) | 1.61 million psi (11.1 GPa) | 7,500 psi (52 MPa) |
A dash means the sheet prints no value; none is filled in.
What the data sheet says
- Color, grain and texture
- Heartwood yellowish-white, pale brown, or pinkish-brown, darkening slightly after exposure; sapwood not well demarcated. Texture medium to coarse; grain usually straight, sometimes wavy; lustrous; faint cedarlike odor.
- Working properties
- Generally reported to saw and machine well, but some species are silicious and have a blunting effect on cutters; rather difficult to finish; cuts well on rotary lathe or slicer.
- Durability
- The wood is perishable, little resistance to attack by decay fungi and termites, liable to blue stain.
- Uses
- General carpentry, joinery, veneer and plywood, furniture components.
- Where it grows
- The genus is widespread in tropical Africa, particularly common in parts of East Africa.
Quoted from Tropical Timbers of the World, pp. 329–330, a USDA Forest Products Laboratory work in the public domain.
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