MAHOGANY GUM / SOUTHERN MAHOGANY
( Eucalyptus Botryoides )
1. Origin : East Gippsland.
2. Description: Pink to Red, heavy. Strong (F 27) hard wood
Weight
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(kg / m3 ) 920 kg/m3
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(lbs /ft3) 58 lbs /ft3
3. Uses Furniture, structural purposes
4. Working
Properties ( various authorities comments)
* Coral pink or deep red.
* It compares favourably with Mahogany when finished.
* It hardness makes it suitable for flooring, decking and
even for bridges.
* Interlocked grain.
* Susceptible to end splitting.
* Texture medium and even.
* Slow to season.
Specifications / Sizes generally stocked:
Thickness: 1 " ; 1.5 " & 2 " ( 25mm; 38mm & 50mm)
Widths: 4 " & wider ( 100mm & wider)
Lengths 8 ' & up ( 2.4m & longer)
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