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Tiama
The Best Tiama Wood in Egypt
Tiama Specification
- Tiama is available in the forest of precious wood, located in the Congo Basin of Gabon.
- Tree attains high up to 40-50m and the diameters normally between 70 and 120cm and sometimes up to 200cm.
- The trunks are straight and cylindrical and have buttress root board.
- Freshly sawn Tiama has a pinkish-brown to uniformly red colour, darkening after exposure to dark red brown.
- The sapwood is up to 100m thick and has grey-white to light pink colour and sometimes Juvenile wood (transition wood ) occurs.
- Like Kossipo, Tiama contains resin in the wood.
- The wood structure is straight to irregular and often interlocked.
- The texture is medium coarse.
Processing Properties:-
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- The machining of Tiama can be done easily, but the presence of resin in the wood structure could cause a blunting effect on the tools.
- Pre-drilling is recommended.
- The gluing and finishing properties are good.
- It dries rather quickly and requires case to prevent severe deformation.
- Tiama is used for facades, Furniture, stairs, parquet and yacht construction.
- Furthermore it could be used as a substitute for Sipo and Sapeli.
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