A medium sized hardwood growing on the better soils of the tablelands and inland slopes in NSW, also in Victoria and Queensland. It is the best Australian tree for honey production Heartwood pale yellow-brown. Sapwood paler and usually distinguishable. Texture moderately fine and even. Grain usually interlocked. Often producing an attractive fiddleback figure. Green density about 1300kg m3. Air dried density about 1100 kg m3. Due to Yellow Box density it sands and polishes to a superb finish. Slow to dry but not much degrade. Shrinkage about 3% radial, 6% tangential.
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