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Okoume
Okoume is one of the tropical hardwoods used for exterior plywood manufactured
Okoume Specification
- Okoume is the wood of the Okoume tree ( Aucoumea Klainneana ), a species native to west-central Africa, in particular Gabon, Equational Guinea and the republic of Congo.
- The Lumber of this tree is known by many names, among the Acoume, Gabon wood, Uume and Zouga.
- Within its native range, Okoume is considered relatively common.
- Okoume is widely used for veneers and often into processed plywood.
Description:-
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- Okoume heartwood is typically a lustrous pinkish-brown to light red with a fine uni-form texture.
- The grain is straight to slightly wavy and maybe slightly interlocking.
- The sapwood is pale and grayish, clearly demarcated from the heart wood.
- Fresh-cut Okoume heartwood darkens with age and exposure to light and air.
- The cut woods are not resinous, and lacks any pronounced order.
Properties:-
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- Okoume has law density, with a mean weight of 25 pounds per cubic foot.
- It is considered very soft, rendering it unsuitable for use in situations requiring durability, such as flooring.
- On the Janka scale, a standard measure of wood hardness, Okoume’s rating is only 380, this is similar to the hardness of basswood (367) and redwood (402).
- Wood used for hardwood flooring is generally from much harder species such as oak, which has hardness of 1290.
- Okoume lumber has little resistance to insect and fungal attacks.
Working:-
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- Okoume accepts stain and glue very well but, even though soft, is only moderately easy to work by turning, carving, cutting or planing.
- The lumber has high Silica content, which tends to blunt cutting tools more than might be expected of so soft species.
- The wood nails well but is average or worse for holding screws.
- It is not suitable for steam bending.
- Okoume peels and slices easily and evenly, and this combines with its good acceptance of glue to give it wide use as veneer in plywwod.
Uses:-
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- Outside of its native range, most Okoume is sold as veneer or plywood.
- Solid lumber is used in furniture and joinery where it grows locally.
- Imports to the united states are mainly in the form of veneer and plywood, especially for the use in decorative paneling, hollow care doors and furniture.
- Okoume is one of the tropical hardwoods used for exterior plywood manufactured to BS ( British Standard ) 1088 specifications for use in marine applications.
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