Frake

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Frake

Terminalia Superba

The wood is rather uniformly straw yellow with slight interlocked grain Also called Limba.

  • Resistance to fungi poor weak medium good
  • Resistance to dry wood insect borers poor weak medium good
  • Resistance to termites poor weak medium good
  • Impregnability poor weak medium good
  • Stability poor weak medium good

 

Origin: Cameroon

Possible end-uses: plywood, sliced veneers, moulding, interior and exterior joinery

Marketing: Logs and sawnwood

Physical and mechanical properties: Soft to semi-hard wood, moderately nervous. Fissile, low shock-resistance

 

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