Family : SAPOTACEAE (angiosperme)

Scientific name(s) : Baillonella toxisperma, Mimusops djave

Description of the log 

• Diameter : de 60 à 100 cm
• Thickness of sapwood : de 4 à 6 cm
• Buoyancy : non flottable

Physical properties

• Density : 0.87
• Monnin hardness : 6.8
• Coeff. Voluminal withdrawal : 0.64%
• Total tangential withdrawal : 8.7%
• Total radial withdrawal : 6.5%
• Not saturation of fibres : 23%

Uses

• Heavy frame
• Interior wood finishing and external
• Current furniture
• Furniture of luxury
• Face et contre face de contreplaqué
• Turned articles
• Sculpture
• Travelling shutters
• Skirting
• Parquet floor 
• Staircases (inside)
• Clear-cut plating
• Interior of plywood
• Cross-pieces
• Articles cintrés
• Parquet floor (heavy or industrial)
• Bridges (parts not in contact with the ground or ’water)