Family : COMBRETACEAE (angiosperme)

Scientific name(s) : Terminalia superba

 Description of the log 

• Diameter : de 60 à 100 cm
• Thickness of sapwood : de 2 à 8 cm
• Buoyancy : flottable

Physical properties

• Density : 0.54
• Monnin hardness : 2.4
• Coeff. Voluminal withdrawal : 0.42%
• Total tangential withdrawal : 6.1%
• Total radial withdrawal : 4.3%
• Not saturation of fibres : 28%

Uses

• Laminated interior
• Interior wood finishing 
• Tablettery
• Packing-box factory
• Lamellate-stuck
• Moulding
• Current furniture
• Face or against plywood face
• Particle or fiberboards
• Framework
• Clear-cut plating
• Skirting
• Light frame
• Seats
• Lathed panel