The acacia tree also known as mimosa thorntree and wattle is a hardwood tree family native to australia.
Is mimosa wood a hardwood.
If you only need a little wood bagged commercial firewood is often a good and safe choice as the high quality hardwood will burn hot and clean.
The bark had slipped and the wood was soaked.
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However with this beauty comes a caution.
The wood can be among the most irritating and inflaming to mucous membranes and care should be taken whenever airborne sawdust is generated from the wood.
Not typically harvested commercially for lumber.
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See the articles wood allergies and toxicity and wood dust safety for more information.
Over millennia acacia spread to now be found throughout the old world including africa asia and the pacific rim.
The wood from the hickory family of trees which includes pecan trees is also very dense and prized for use as firewood being of similar quality to oak.
Mimosa can however be easier to work with because it doesn t have pine s pitch and sap issues.
Ferruginea are know by a number of regional and trade names such as tanga tanga iatandza awiemfosamina and musase.
I can remember playing with mimosa wood as a kid and it never struck me as being good for anything.
The wood of mimosa trees is light colored with very distinctive dark grain that can be brought out by saw work and clear finishing.
Although classified as a hardwood the wood from the mimosa tree is about the same density and hardness as pine.
Although severe reactions are quite uncommon mimosa has been reported to cause respiratory irritation.
I guess that s because the trees have a short life and most mimosa trunks start to rot out when they get 10 12 inches thick.
The wood from these oak trees is prized for its strength and density and that density makes it one of the best at producing heat.
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However the robinia wood is often associated with the name acacia.
It had laid in that wet for mabe five years and not a sign of rot.
As for the mimosa it will be added to my mystery wood pile and burned wood is wood it all burns.
I have pulled some out of a swamp.
The best known firewoods are white and red oak trees.
Fredm the old wood pirate.
Robinia wood is usually sold as a building material under the name acacia wood so before you buy furniture you should be sure to buy.
