Hardwood Greviflea robusta
Description:
Sapwood cream-coloured and differentiated. Heartwood distinctly pink when
freshly cut, turning pale brown on drying. Medium to coarse texture and straight
or wavy grain. The broad rays give a conspicuous silvergrain figure on both
quartersawn and back?sawn faces.
Characteristics:
Dries slowly with slight distortion unless the heart is boxed in when surface
checking and end splitting may occur. Moderately durable. Saws and machines
very easily. Strength properties similar or slightly inferior to those to
cypress and pine.
Uses:
Building, Shuttering, Joinery, Furniture.
Properties:
Density 610 kg/m3;Modulus of rupture 59 N/mm2; Modulus of elasticity 7700
N/mm2; Movement, rad 0.8%, tang 2.5%; Hardness 840.
Phone: 255 22 2865918 Fax: 255 22 2865917
P.O. Box 160, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Nyerere Road
