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OAK - Silky
Botanical name: Grevillea robusta.
Family: Proteaceae
- Distribution: Australia
( Native to Queensland ) Also planted outside of Australia – in East and South
Africa as a shade tree but has been declared a Catagory 3 Invader plant.
Catagory 3 plants - "no person shall plant, propagate or grow from seed or other propagating material, or import, agree to sell or offer, advertise, keep, exhibit, send, convey or deliver for sale or exchange for anything or dispose of to any other person in any manner, any propagating material of these plants"
- Characteristics: The
timber is pinkish or reddish brown turning brown with age. There is sometimes a
golden sheen to the wood, but the most prominent feature is the large rays which
produce a well marked silver – grain figure. The wood is straight grained and
the texture coarse but even. Silky oak weighs 580 Kg / m3 when dried. The wood
works easily, but with a tendency for the large rays to crumble slightly in
cutting. It can be nailed, screwed and stained satisfactorily, and a good polish
can be obtained.
- Uses: Furniture,
cabinets and decorative items, paneling, shop fitting and veneer
Information kindly supplied by Country Woods. © Country Woods
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