Does Lawsonia wood burn well?

[alzheimer]

I have friend - who felled a couple of massive Lawsonia "trees" - some time ago. He is keen for me to use the resulting wood in my log-burning stove but I was not sure if they were good for burning. Do any you out there have any experience of doing so? I did note - when researching on the dear old t'internet - that Lawsonia wood is much used for coffin making in Japan....so I guess it should be OK.....LOL Any ideas folks?!

[DTCwordfan]

(i) as long as it is dead

(ii) - check its sub-species out that is the "Nigellais" and apparently burns well in ovens....

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[KARL]

I was given some wood that was allegedly Lawsonia. I found that, after thoroughly drying short lengths (30-40cm) out after splitting it into strands no more than 12-15cm in the largest crosds sectional dimension, the wood did burn reasonably but not spectacularly well. The wood had been felled and cut about 9-10 months earlier and I had the split pieces in a heated location for many weeks.

[alzheimer]

Ha Ha - I love it DTCF...and hadn't hear that story!)and personally - I would have set fire to the wretched trees years ago - whether they were dead or not...horrid big brutes!!!

Anyway Karl - thanks for the low down on reducing them to "strands" - it IS a very fibrous wood - and well dried out may make good kindling if nothing else - if I do get lumbered with it...LOL