Niove
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Staudtia stipitata
Perfect wood of yellowish orange-brown colour with veins in darker shades. Occasionally oily surface. Curly grain may occur.
- 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: heavy carpentry, flooring, hydraulic works, exterior panelling,
Marketing: Logs and sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: Hard to very hard wood. Nervous, fissile and with excellent shock-resistance
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