Product Description

Tali Wood:

Common Name(s): Tali
Scientific Name: Erythrophleum ivorense or Erythrophleum suaveolens
Distribution: Tropical Africa
Tree Size: 100 ft (30 m) tall, 2-3 ft (.6-1.0 m) trunk diameter
Average Dried Weight: 61-67 lbs/ft3
Basic Specific Gravity: .78
Hardness: 2,920lbf (12,989 N)
Rupture Strength: 177 Mpa
Elastic Strength: 15,700 Mpa
Crushing Strength: 78 Mpa
Shrinkage: Radial: 4%, Tangential: 7%, Volumetric: 12%, T/R Ratio: 1.75

Description: Tali has a rich, warm hue across the red and brown color spectrum. It's very hard, grain typically tight, but may be irregular. Tali is a favorite of tropical hardwood enthusiasts virtually everywhere cricket is played. I've been watching lots of cricket lately. I'm hoping for a trickle-down effect relating to increased Tali demand. This is, after all, America.

Location: Tropical Africa, specifically Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia.

Common Aliases: Fillaea suaveolens, A-kon, Buirame, Etsa, Tsa, and a host of many others in several languages.

Performance: Its quite stable, and for a tropical hardwood, it glues well. Painting and staining are a little more relatively difficult with Tali than with some other tropical hardwoods. Painting isnt something one should be doing with Tali in the first place. Can be sawn, planed, or turned with similar ease to its American tropical counterparts.