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Angueuk
Ongokea gore
- Promoted species
- Promoted species
Angueuk is a dense yellow-brown hardwood with a fine texture, best known outside the timber trade as the source of isano oil from its seeds. As a timber it is hard, reasonably durable and promoted for flooring, joinery and turnery. It is heavy to work and dries slowly.
Classification
- Commercial category
- Promoted Species — Essence de Promotion
- Botanical family
- Aptandraceae
- Density (air-dry)
- 800–950 kg/m³
- Durability class
- Class 2 (Durable)
- Janka hardness
- 8,500 N
- Trade names
- Angueuk, Boleko, Isano, Ongokea
- Local names
- Angueuk, Boleko
- Regions harvested
- East, South, Centre
Commercial category is a market grouping used in the timber trade. It is not a regulatory or legal classification.
Properties
- Grain
- Straight to interlocked
- Colour
- Yellow-brown
- Drying
- Slow
- Texture
- Fine
Typical uses
- Flooring
- Joinery
- Turnery
- Heavy interior work
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