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Vitex grandifolia Gurke
VERBENACEAE
n'to (Gabon); Evino (Gabon); Angona (Gabon); Vindou (Congo); Evino
Vitex lutea A. Chev.; Vitex bipindensis Gurke
The tree reaches a height of 6 to 20 m, with trunk diameters of 70 cm.
Vitex grandifolia is common in deciduous and secondary forests and in coastal thickets.
Wood diffuse porous. Occasionally wood semi-ring porous and/or ring porous. Occasionally vessels exclusively solitary (over 90%). Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 200 micras or more (large). Tyloses thin walled. Non-vestured pits. Vessels per mm2 6 to 10 (m Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Non-crystals in axial parenchyma cells. 3 to 4 cells per parenchyma strand. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays non-storied. Rays 1 to 4 seriate. Prismatic crystals in the ray cells. Heterogeneous rays and/or multiseriate heterogeneous rays. Septate fibers present. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
Unrestricted
The heartwood is white, darkening on exposure to brown, it is not clearly demarcated.
4
Straight; grain has no particular influence on drying, machining and finishing qualities.
Medium texture is reported in this species.
Luster is usually low.
Not durable; important risks of decay attacks at any processing step, from logs up to final products. It must receive preservative treatment. Moderately resistant to termites attack. The heartwood is sensible to Lyctus attacks.
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No residual stresses are reported in this species.
Difficult to treat with only a low penetration of the preservative products.
0.46
0.50
6.0
3.8
Ease of Drying: Drying is moderately difficult to difficult; special care is systematically needed. Drying Defects: Risks of checks.
FR-5
1.6
692
97961
357
39
81
306
407
It is easy to saw.
Suitable for slicing. Suitable for peeling after heat treatment.
Suitable for slicing. Suitable for peeling after heat treatment.
Slight blunting effect; ordinary tools can be used for sawing and machining.
Machining of this species is reportedly easy.
Easy; no particular problems.
Easy; no particular problems.
Easy; no particular problems.
Easy; no particular problems.
No particular problem.
Glues well if basic gluing technical rules are followed.
Easy to perform; it gives good results.
Can be polished without surface preparation.
No particular problems.
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