Sapelly
Scientific name:
Entadrophagma cylindricum Sprague
Geographic origin:
Africa
- Sapwood: Pink white to pink grey.
- Heartwood: pink at the time of sawing and reddish grey with purpule shades with the lights effects.
- Fiber: Straight. Slightly intertwined fibers are very frequent.
- Grain: Thin to medium size
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Capacity of being impregnated
- Sapwood: Medium capacity of being impregnated
- Heartwood: Low capacity of being impregnated
Mechanical properties
- Resistance to static flexion 1,150 kg/cm2 &;8226; Elasticity module 120,000 kg/cm2
- Resistance to compression 590 kg/cm2
- Resistance to parallel traction 860 kg/cm2
Mechanization
- Sawing process: No difficulties.
- Drying process: Medium to low speed. Little risk of deformation and crack formation.
- Planing process: No difficulties appart from risk of repelling produced by the intertwined fiber. Good bending.
- Gluing process: No difficulties.
- Nailing and screwing process: No difficulties.
- Finish: No difficulties
Physical properties
- Apparent density at 12% humidity 680 kg/m3 semi-heavy wood
- Dimensional stability
- - Volumetric contraction coefficient 0.43 % varies from very stable wood to lightly nervous wood.
- - Relation between contractions 1.55% no tendency to deformity
- Hardness (Chaláis-Meudon) 3.9 semi-hardwood
Observations
- Al llibre d'ATIBT figura amb I llatina encara que a Espanya s'utilitza habitualment la I.
- També anomenada Abebay
- És una alternativa a la fusta de Caoba, sent el Sapelly més fi i dens. Al seu moment va desbancar la fusta d'Embero en el seu ús dins el sector de les portes i motllures. Actualment és de les espècies més comercialitzades ja que el seu preu és moderat, en gran mesura a causa de la relativa abundància d'oferta al mercat.
