Commercial Name – Yongu Kabbes Botanical Name – Vataireopsis speciosa Family – Fabaceae
Color – Greenish brown Grain – Straight to strongly interlocked Texture – Coarse to very coarse
Green density – 1.09 g/cm3 Air dry density at 12% MC – 0.80 g/cm3 Bending strength at 12% MC – 146 N/mm2 Crushing strength at 12% MC – 87 N/mm2
Interior and exterior joinery, general carpentry, furniture, sleepers