Wood specie: Tali
Botanical name: Erythrophleum ivorense
Growth area: Africa
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Botanical name:
Erythrophleum ivorense
Growth area:
Africa
Quality:
FAS
Colour of heartwood:
Yellow to orange brown. After
exposure to light and air, this darkens into a dark brown or dark red
brown.
Colour of sapwood:
Yellow-grey to dark yellow
Mass density:
(800-)900 (-1100) kg/m³ at 12% humidity,
fresh 1000 - 1200 kg/m³
Grain:
Cross-grain
Fissure:
Requires
slow kiln-drying in order to prevent extensive fissure and warping.
Warping:
The
wood has a tendency to warping when the drying process is too quick. This can
be reduced to a minimum by correct stacking.
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Mould and insects:
Mould 1. Termites D. Marine borers
M.
Durability
grade:
1
Gluing:
Good
Machining:
Due to its high mass density and the
cross-grain, tali wood is rather difficult to process and tends to quickly
blunt any tools. Strong extraction is required as tali contains substances that
are harmful to human health and may cause nose and throat irritation.
Dekker range:
Decking 28 x 145 mm
General applications:
Heavy outdoors constructions such
as hydraulic works and bridges. For floors, parquet floors, thresholds, bosses,
bearing carriers and pulleys, wood turning and further applications as under
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