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Albizia

Albizia zygia · FDA code ALB · Mixed Species

Albizia wood grain (tangential face)
Wood — real sample (tangential face)
Tree — photo to be added
Standing tree (photo to be added)

About the wood

Heartwood golden yellow, light brown, red-brown., or dark brown, sometimes with a greenish, purple, or red tinge, sometimes with dark streaks; sapwood whitish, yellowish, or pinkish-brown, well demarcated. Texture variable from fine to coarse; grain straight to interlocked or irregular and wavy

640 kg/m³Moderately Heavy (12% MC)
Heartwood moderately durable but generally vulnerable to ter…Natural durability
Moderately strongStrength
Very smallShrinkage (green→oven-dry)
SmallMovement in service
InterlockedGrain / texture

Typical uses

  • Furniture
  • Interior joinery
  • Light construction
  • Plywood
  • Mouldings

Working properties

Working Properties: Saws and machines well and works easily with hand tools and dresses smoothly but with some tearing of interlocked grain; glues well. Intense irritation may be caused by the sawdust

Other species in stock

AieleHannoa klaineanaAbabaUapaca guineensisAzobeMovinguiEssiaNagaFramireLimbaliEmienLatiSougue

Technical values are reference figures for the species/genus and may vary by individual log. Wood photo & technical data: The Liberia Tree Species Manual (LibTA / NDF, FDA schedule-one species). Stock subject to SGS inspection and prior sale.