Category :    Medium Hardwoods

Species

General Characteristics

Sapwood of a lighter colour but not always well defined; colour of heartwood grey-brown, deep brown or red-brown; planed surface without lustre; without figure; texture generally moderately fine; grain interlocked, irregular or wavy; moderately hard or hard to cut across grain; air dry density, ranging from 570 kg/m³ to 945 kg/m³ (35 to 59 lb/ft³); only the species of E. grijfithii was tested for its durability and was found to be moderately durable under adverse conditions.

Structure

Growth rings indistinct but occasional concentric markings may be present. Vessels with simple perforation; moderately small to medium-sized; moderately numerous or numerous; generally angular in shape; mostly in radial multiples of 2 to 8; fairly evenly distributed without any arrangement; tyloses variable, from sparse to fairly abundant; occasionally with deposits.
Wood parenchyma only of the paratracheal type; ranging from scant aliform (barely visible with a lens) to fairly well defined aliform or confluent.
Rays very fine to moderately fine; barely visible to the naked eye or just visible on cross-section; not prominent on a radial surface.
Ripple marks absent.
Intercellular canals absent.

Other Features

Burning splinter test: Splinter burns to ash.
Froth test: Negative.

Uses