MOAMBé JAUNE (Enantia chlorantha)
Trade Name
Moambé jaune
Scientific Name
Enantia chlorantha Oliv.
Family
ANNONACEAE
Common Names
Osopupa (Nigeria); Baoué (Côte d`Ivoire); Muamba jaune (Zaire); M'fol (Gabon); Muamba jaune (Congo); Mfoo (Cameroon); Mfo (Cameroon); Yellow wood; Yaru; Woyoyo; Sohn; Osopupa; Osomolu; Njie; Nje; Nfoo; Muamba jaune; Mpouley; Moambe jaune; Mfol; Mfo; Mbawe; Kpaini; Koduben; Kakerin; Kakerim; Gbawe; Esuro; Esabawogo; Erenbavbogo; Ehranbabogo; Dubuma; Dua sika; Debima; Chibo; Bopalo; Bonuku bololo; Bonuke; Bololo; Belvi; Bawe; Baoue; Banuke; African yellow wood
Scientific Name Synonyms
Enantia affinis Exell; Annickia chlorantha (Oliv.) Setten & Maas
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
The tree reaches a height of 8 to 30 m, with diameters from 30 to 100 cm. The bole is up to 6 to 30 m in length. Longitudinal fluting near the base makes it difficult to cut out a square log.
Natural Habitat
Enantia chlorantha occurs in the moist lands of evergreen forest, the lower parts of mixed deciduous forest, and in the middle storey of low-land rain forest.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Wood diffuse porous. Occasionally vessels exclusively solitary (over 90%). Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 to 150 micras (small). Non-vestured pits. Vessels per mm2 10 to 20 (abundant). Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits similar to intervessel Axial parenchyma scalariform. Non-crystals in axial parenchyma cells. 5 to 8 cells per parenchyma strand. Axial parenchyma bands over 4 per mm. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays non-storied. Larger rays more than 4 seriate. Body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-III). Non-septate fibers. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Color
The heartwood is green-yellow when freshly cut, turning to dark yellow on exposure, it is not demarcated.
Grain
Straight; grain has no particular influence on drying, machining and finishing qualities.
Texture
This wood has a somewhat fine texture.
Luster
The wood surface is low in luster.
Natural Durability
Slightly durable to decay. This species needs preservative treatment for uses with risks of occasional re-humidification. It is not suited for uses with risks of permanent or long-lasting humidification. The heartwood is sensible to termites and Lyctus at
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
6
Internal Growth Stresses
For this species no growth stresses are reported.
Resistance To Impregnation
Moderately easy to treat with a partial penetration of the preservative products.
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.50
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.54
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
5.9
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
3.6
Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule
FR-5
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
1.6
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
892
Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
120897
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
540
Compression perpendicular to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
69
Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
66
Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)
358
Janka hardness (end grain) 12%MC (kgf)
462
Workability
Sawing
It is easy to saw.
Rotary Veneer Cutting
Suitable for slicing.
Sliced Veneer
Suitable for slicing.
Blunting Effect
Slight blunting effect; ordinary tools can be used for sawing and machining.
Machining
Machining of this species is reportedly easy.
Planing
Easy; no particular problems.
Moulding
Moderately easy; tools must be cautiously sharpened.
Turning
30
Boring
Moderately easy; tools must be cautiously sharpened.
Mortising
Moderately easy; tools must be cautiously sharpened.
Nailing
No particular problem.
Gluing
Glues well if basic gluing technical rules are followed.
Sanding
Easy to perform; it gives good results.
Polishing
Can be polished without surface preparation.
Response To Hand Tools
No particular problems.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
HOUSING GENERAL, joists, boards, frames, panelling, fittings, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, common furniture, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, Decorative veneer, TURNING, turned furniture, lasts, PACKING, light packing, pallets, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, cigar boxes, door core, moldings, particleboard, cementboard
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Joists
- 12 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part I-Tropical American Species
Boards
- 13 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section III. Latin American (Mexico, Central, and South America) Woods–Conventional Temperatures
Frames
- 16 - Woods of the World
Paneling
- 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
Fittings
- 19 - Silica in Timbers
Furniture, Common
- 23 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Decorative veneer
- 28 - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forest of Fiji
Turning
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
Turned Articles
- 32 - Embassy of Cote d`Ivoire in Japan
Lasts
- 34 - Embassy of Indonesia in Japan
Packing
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Light Packing
- 46 - ECUADOR, Inventario y Aprovechamiento de los Bosques del Sur Ecuatoriano
Pallets
- 48 - The strength properties of timbers
Handcraft
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
Cigar Box
- 68 - Contribucion al conocimiento de la resistencia mecanica de la madera de peumo
Door Cores
- 76 - Descripción General y Anatómica de 105 Maderas del Grupo Andino.
Molding
- 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
Particleboard
- 80 - Estudio Integral de la Madera para Construcción
Cementboard
- 81 - Madeiras da Amazônia: descrição do lenho de 40 espécies ocorrentes na Floresta Nacional do Tapajós
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