AXLEWOOD (Anogeissus latifolia)
Trade Name
Axlewood
Scientific Name
Anogeissus latifolia
Family
COMBRETACEAE
Common Names
Axlewood
Scientific Name Synonyms
Conocarpus latifolia Roxb. ex DC
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
It is a deciduous, small to medium-sized tree up to 20 m tall. The bole is straight and cylindrical or sometimes more poorly shaped, branchless for up to 8 m, up to 80 cm in diameter, occasionally with small buttresses.
Natural Habitat
This species is reported in deciduous or semideciduous forests, up to 1,300 m of altitude.
Non Timber Uses
The bark of this species has a high tannin content.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Wood diffuse porous. Occasionally vessels in diagonal and/or radial pattern. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 micras or less (very small). Occasionally vessels with colored deposits. Vestured pits. Vessels per mm2 5 to 20. Vessels per mm2 more than 20 ( Occasionally axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Occasionally apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma aliform. Axial parenchyma confl 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Rays exclusively uniseriate. Prismatic crystals in the ray cells. Septate fibers present. Fibers very thick walled. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
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Wood Macro Photo Tangential Plane
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Wood Micro Photo Of Transversal Section
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Color
The heartwood is usually absent or small in diameter even in large trees, purplish-brown or dark brown, not clearly differentiated from the whitish-gray to greenish-gray or pale yellow to yellowish-gray sapwood.
COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)
5
Grain
The grain is varies from straight to shallowly interlocked.
Texture
Texture is mostly fine to medium.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
3
Resistance To Impregnation
The wood is extremely resistant to preservative treatment.
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.83
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.95
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
7.3
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
4.2
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying: Reported that boards of 13 mm and 38 mm thick took respectively 3 months and 4,5 months to air dry. Drying Defects: It is prone to blue stain, sap stain and insect attack.
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
1.7
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
1101
Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
134202
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
530
Workability
Sawing
Wood of this species is difficult to cut.
Machining
Machining operations are rather difficult, sharp tools are recommended.
Finishing
Finishing is reported to be difficult.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
EXTERIOR GENERAL, stakes posts, HOUSING GENERAL, beams, flooring, frames, panelling, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, TOOLS, agricultural tools, PACKING, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION
Exterior General
- 1 - Tabela de resultados de ensaios fisicos e mecanicos
Stake Posts
- 5 - Propriedades fisicas e mecanicas da madeira e do contraplacado de Pinus elliottii
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Beams
- 11 - Prospect: The wood database
Flooring
- 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Frames
- 16 - Woods of the World
Paneling
- 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Tools
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Agricultural Tools
- 44 - Atlas of Peruvian Woods
Packing
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Shipbuilding
- 55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America
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