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Tiama
Entandrophragma angolense
- Primary hardwood
Tiama is the lightest of the commercial Entandrophragma group, with a pale to medium reddish-brown heartwood and a fairly open texture. It dries readily and works easily, though the interlocked grain calls for sharp tooling. It is used for interior joinery, furniture parts, plywood faces and general utility work.
Classification
- Commercial category
- Primary / Principal Hardwood
- Botanical family
- Meliaceae
- Density (air-dry)
- 480–620 kg/m³
- Durability class
- Class 3 (Moderately Durable)
- Janka hardness
- 4,000 N
- Trade names
- Edinam, Gedu Nohor, Tiama
- Local names
- Tiama
- 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
- Interlocked
- Colour
- Pale to medium reddish brown
- Drying
- Dries fairly rapidly
- Texture
- Moderately coarse
Typical uses
- Interior joinery
- Furniture components
- Plywood faces
- Rotary and sliced veneer
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