Mninga

Mvule

Mkangazi

Pangapanga

Mkongo

Grevillea

Cypress

MDF

Description:
Sapwood usually paler than heartwood which is pink-brown or straw colored. Texture fine and even and grain usually straight. Knots are usually smaller and more evenly distributed than in pine.

Characteristics:
Air - seasons rapidly with minimum degrade. Saws and machines well. Strength properties comparable to or slightly under those of podo. Treatable with pressure impregnation. A utility softwood often marketed together with pine.

Uses:
General construction, Shuttering, Internal joinery, furniture.

Properties:
Density 410 km/m3; Modulus of rupture 65 N/mm2; Modulus of elasticity 8500 N/mm2; Movement, rad 0.6%, tang 1.1%; Hardness 610.