Doussií©
Denominación.
• Scientific name: Afzelia spp
• Spanish: Doussie, Vitacola.
Provenance
Description of the wood
• Sapwood: Yellowish white.
• Heartwood: Reddish brown.
• Fiber: Straight, sometimes slightly intertwined.
• Grain: Medium.
Impregnation
• Sapwood: Moderately impregnable
• Heartwood: Non-impregnable
Mechanization
• Sawing: No more problems than its hardness.
• Drying: Relatively slow. With few risks of deformations and fendas.
• Planning: Easy. Risk of repelling in pieces with interlocking fiber.
• Gluing: No problems.
• Nailing and screwing: Due to its hardness, it is advisable to make pre-drills.
• Finishing: Rubber tanks can locally inhibit the adhesion of varnishes.
Applications
• Indoor and outdoor furniture.
• Interior carpentry, doors, stairs, cladding, mouldings, skirting boards, friezes, parquet.
• Exterior carpentry, doors and windows.
; Carpentry of interior and exterior assembly.
• Decorative plates.
• Cooperage.
Mechanical properties
• Resistance to static flexion 1,730 kg/cm2
• Elasticity module 137,000 kg/cm2
• Resistance to compression 740 kg/cm2
• Parallel tensile strength 1,200 kg/cm2
