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Tiama
Tiama
Tiama heartwood is pink-brown to uniformly red, discolouring to dark red-brown. The 100 mm thick sapwood is grey-white to light pink, sometimes with a transitional zone with the heartwood.
Properties of this timber species
General
- Botanical name: Entandrophragma angolense
- ATIBT name: Tiama
- Other names: Edinam
Uses
- Furniture, panelling, stairs, parquet, yacht and boatbuilding, plywood, decorative veneer and as a replacement for Sipo and Sapeli
Durability
- Resistance to fungi: class 3 (moderately durable)
- Resistance to insects: Termites class G (sapwood susceptible to damage)
Density
- (520)-550-560-570-(650) kg/m3 at 12% moisture content
- Fresh 800-900 kg/m3
source: Houtvademecum © 2010 Centrum Hout Almere, 10e herziene druk
sawn timber
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