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Sarosaro
Planehonella vitiensis Gillespie
Sapotaceae
Plauehonell
A large tree, bole 7-13m long, useally columnar and buttressed and occasionally flutted.
Fiji
Vessels per mm2 6 to 10 (medium). Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 to 150 micras (small). Vessels in radial multiples of 4 or more common. Vessel clusters common. Axial parenchyma in continuous tangential lines (included in reticulate and scalariform). Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Occasionally heterogeneous rays and/or multiseriate heterogeneous rays.
Unrestricted
Heart wood color ranges from orange to pale reddish-brown and is sometimes streaky. sapwood is lighter in color or pale brown.
The grain straight or slightly interlocked.
Texture fine.
Sapwood is susceptible to Lyctus attack. Heartwood is not durable being rated adequate only for hazard 1 end use. Timber out of ground contact. continuously protected from the weather.
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0.77
0.96
7.0
3.3
Fiji-7
2.1
1300
185000
700
saw faces packed with saw dust
not assessed
not assessed
Good surfaces are obtained machining seasoned timber, although slight chipping occurs on some radial faces because of interlocked grain. Reduced cutting angle will ensure better results
HOUSING GENERAL, frames, panelling, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, luxury furniture, cabinets, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, faces, cores, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts
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