Dibetou

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Scientific name:
Origin:
Tree size:

Common use:

General Information

Lovoa trichilioides

Africa

100-150 ft (30-46 m) tall,

2-4 ft (.6-1.2 m) trunk diameter

Joinery - Exterior

Furniture

Density :
Specific Gravity:
Janka Hardness:
Modulus of rupture:
Elastic Modulas:
Crushing Strength:
Shrinkage:

540 (kg/m3)

0.45, 0.54

4,180 N

84.5 Mpa

9.24 Gpa

46.2 Mpa

Radial: 3.7%

Tangential: 5.9%

Volumetric: 10.8%

T/R Ratio: 1.6

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