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Abura

TROPICAL HARDWOOD

 Abura Timber

Family:

 Rubiaceae

Latin Name:

 Mitragyna ciliata

Distribution:

 Tropical West Africa

Uses:

 Interior joinery, furniture and cabinetwork, mouldings
and lippings. Flooring, turnery, pattern making, vehicle
bodywork, utility plywood. Being acid resistant, it is
used for battery boxes, oil vats and laboratory fittings.

General Description:
Abura's pale orange-brown to pink sapwood forms the bulk of the tree. The heartwood
is reddish-brown, sometimes spongy, with darker streaks. Mostly straight grained,
but interlocked and occasionally with spiral grain. The texture is fairly fine and very
even. The weight varies from 460-690 kg/m3 (29-43 lb/ft3) but averages 560
kg/m3 (35 lb/ft3); specific gravity .56. 		 

Mechanical Properties:
The timber is of medium density, low bending strength, very low stiffness, medium
crushing strength and low shock resistance. Bending classification very poor. 		 

Seasoning:
Drying is rapid with only little degrade if shakes are cut out in conversion. It dries
well and is very stable, with small movement during service.		  

Durability:
Liable to attack by both powder post beetle and common furniture beetle, and is not
resistant to termites. The heartwood is perishable and not resistant to decay.
Moderately resistant to preservative treatment, but the sapwood is permeable and
often used for dyed black.		  

Other Names:

Subaha (Ghana); Elolom (Gabon); Elilom (Cameroon).