a) General description: Creamy white when fresh felled with a natural lustre on quartered surfaces. Tends to weather and mature into a light tan colour.
b) Mechanical properties: The timber has medium bending and crushing strengths, with low stiffness and resistance to shock loads. It is a good steam bending material.
c) Seasoning: Dries slowly without undo degrade, but is inclined to stain. If the original white colour is to be preserved it needs to be kiln dried fairly rapidly and carefully. There is small movement in service.
d) Working properties : It is easy to work with both hand and machine tools but with a moderate blunting effect on cutting angle should be reduced to 150 for planning curly or wavy grained stock.
e) Durability: The heartwood is non-durable. The sapwood is subject to attack by common furniture beetle and is permeable for preservation treatment.
f) Uses: Anigre is an excellent turnery wood. Also for brush backs, domestic wood ware, furniture and joinery work.
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