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    Default Dense African Timbers

    Hi Folks,

    Some of you may be aware of the PROTA database of African Trees:

    PROTA

    If you glance through the various records, here are some of the heavyweights that you will find.

    1) Dalbergia melanoxylon:
    Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher PRO: 1 records

    2) Baphia kirkii:
    Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher PRO: 1 records

    3) Dodonaea viscosa:
    Protabase Record

    4) Phyllarthron madagascariense:
    Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher PRO: 1 records

    5) Acacia nigrescens:
    Protabase Record

    6) Eucalyptus cloeziana:
    Protabase Record

    7) Phylloxylon ssp.
    Protabase Record
    Protabase Record

    8) Combretum imberbe:
    http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...tc6PNfNXBr75FA

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    Here's a very good South African wood density listing:

    http://www2.dwaf.gov.za/webapp/resou...uth_Africa.pdf


    Notice: Colophospermum mopane - 1010 - 1230 kg/m^3
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