Azobe

Wood species Azobe

English name Azobe

Alternative name Ekki, Red ironwood

Botanical name Lophira alata

Type Hardwood

Tree size / Height 30 - 46 m

Trunk / Diameter 1,5 - 1,8 m

Location Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Uganda

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Specific gravity 0.86

Specific gravity (12% MC) 1,06

Janka Hardness 14330 lbf

Modulus of rupture 195,8 MPa

Elastic Modulus 18,99 GPa

Crushing Strength 95,8 MPa

Shrinkage Radial 8,0%
Tangential 11,1%
Volumetric 18,3%
T/R Ratio 1,4

m³/BDU 1,21

m³/BDMT 1,11

Ton/BDU 1,60

Tonne/BDU 1,45

Tonne/BDMT 1,33