Cloeziana

The heartwood of Cloeziana is beige-brown to yellow-brown, sometimes with dark narrow streaks. The 15-25 mm thick sapwood is markedly lighter in colour. Cloeziana can be distinguished from other Eucalyptus species by the fact that a large splinter can be burned for charcoal.

Properties of this timber species

General

• Botanical name: Eucalyptus cloeziana

 Uses

• Can be used in hydraulic engineering for jetties, bridges, bridge decks, sheet piling, purlins, fenders and as timber in gardens for screens and garden furniture
• Locally, cloeziana is also used for furniture, turned goods and tool shafts

 Durability

• Resistance to fungi: class 1 (very durable) for wood from natural forest, class 2 (durable) for wood from plantations.
• Resistance to insects: Termites class D (sapwood and heartwood very durable), Anobium (woodworm) class D

 Density

• South African wood (700)-860-(990) kg/m³ at 12% moisture content
• From natural forest 1000 kg/m³
• Fresh 900-1200 kg/m³

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