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Guarea

TROPICAL HARDWOOD

 Guarea Timber

Family:

 Meliaceae

Latin Name:

 Guarea cedrata

Distribution:

 Tropical West Africa.

Uses:

 Furniture, cabinetmaking, sports goods, shop fitting, boat building, high-class joinery and vehicle construction; marine piling in non-teredo waters. Rotary cut for plywood manufacture, and sliced for decorative veneering.

General Description:
Guarea's heartwood is a pale pinkish-brown mahogany colour, with a fine texture and cedar-like scent. Straight grained and of silky appearance. The texture is even, compact and quite fine, produces a mottled or curly figure and is straighter in grain and plainer in figure. Weighs 580 kg/m3 (36 lb/ft3); specific gravity 58.  

Mechanical Properties:
Medium density and low resistance to shock loads. The steam bending classification is good, but it cannot be bent successfully if small knots are present.  

Seasoning:
Guarea dries fairly rapidly with little tendency to warp. Kiln drying requires care to avoid resin exudation. There is small movement in service.  

Durability:
Very durable timber; extremely resistant to preservative treatment, although the sapwood is permeable.  

Other Names:

Obobo (Nigeria); bossé (France and Ivory Coast); diambi (Zaire); ebanghemwa (Cameroon); divuiti (Gabon).