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Blunting Effect Boring Carving Comments Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Distribution Overview Ease of Drying Environmental Profile Family Name Gluing Grain Heartwood Color Luster Mortising Moulding Natural Durability Numerical Data Odor Planing Polishing References Regions of Distribution Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sanding Sapwood Color Scientific Name Strength Properties Texture Toxicity Trade Name Tree Size Turning Veneering Qualities Scientific Name Wallaceodendron celebicum Trade Name Banuyo Family Name Leguminosae Common Names Adaan, Adha, Balayong, Banuyo, Barrakbak, Bol-lilising, Bulilising, Dauer, Gayakan, Kariskis, Kasai, Lupengi, Lupigi, Lupigi-magalayao, Lupiji, Mag-ipil, Malasaga, Malatagum, Malenak, Malina, Manggachapui, Narrengdauel, Nipot-nipot, Supengum, Tayom-tayom Regions of Distribution Oceania and S.E. Asia Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines Common Uses Bedroom suites, Boat building, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Carvings, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Furniture, Gunstocks, Hatracks, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Lifeboats, Living-room suites, Office furniture, Parquet flooring, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rifle stock, Rustic furniture, Sculpture, Shipbuilding, Sporting Goods, Stools, Sub-flooring, Tables , Utility furniture, Veneer, Veneer: decorative, Wardrobes Environmental Profile Endangered Vulnerable Vulnerable in parts of its natural habitat Status unknown in many of its growth areas Extinct, Endangered, Vulnerable, or Rare within its range Data source is World Conservation Monitoring Center Distribution Overview The species occurs in Indonesia and the Philippines, and is often found in areas along the sea coast. Its distribution in the Philippines is wide, but occurs in only small numbers in many areas. Heartwood Color Yellow Orange White Red Brown Yellow to golden-yellow to orange Pale brown Light brown Golden brown with a reddish cast Dark brown Sapwood Color White Yellow Whitish Well defined Paler than heartwood Clearly differentiated from the heartwood Grain Wavy Closed Interlocked Even Straight Wavy Interlocked Straight May be wavy or curly Texture Fine Even or uniform Uniform Fine to medium Fine Luster Medium High Natural sheen Lustrous Natural Durability Non-durable Resistant to termites Perishable Moderately durable Non-resistant to marine borers Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles Sapwood is vulnerable to attack by furniture beetles No natural resistance Odor Has an odor No specific smell or taste Toxicity Some toxic effects Ease of Drying Dries well under good controlled conditions Tree Size Tree height is 10-20 m Tree height is 0-10 m Comments General finishing qualities are rated as good Blunting Effect Moderate High to severe Slight effect Blunting effect on machining is slight Boring Easy Carving Fair to Good Results Good results Cutting Resistance Low resistance Easy to saw Gluing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Mortising Good mortising properties Finishes well Moulding Responds well to peeling after proper softening Planing Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Planes to a smooth surface Easy to plane Responds readily to machine tools Response to Hand Tools Easy to Work Responds Readily Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work Easy to machine Responds well Good Routing & Recessing Responds well to routing operations Sanding Yields smooth, clean surfaces Responds well Turning Fairly Easy to Very Easy Fair to Good Results Very Good to Excellent Results Yields smooth, clean surface. Good results Easy to turn Veneering Qualities Suitable for peeling Suitable for slicing Polishing Fair to Good Results Poor to Very Poor Results Very Good to Excellent Results Good results Strength Properties Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate Shrinkage, Radial = moderate High density Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Density 42 lbs/ft3 Specific Gravity 0.56 Weight 39 31 lbs/ft3 Radial Shrinkage 4 % Tangential Shrinkage 7 % Item Green Dry Metric Density 673 kg/m3 Specific Gravity 0.56 Weight 624 496 kg/m3 Radial Shrinkage 4 % References Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison. Harrar, E.S.,1942,Some Physical Properties of Modern Cabinet Woods 3. Directional and Volume,Shrinkage,Tropical Woods,9(71, pp26-32 Kloot, N. H. and E. Bolza. 1961. Properties of Timbers Imported into Australia. Technological Paper No. 12. Division of Forest Products, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia. Lamb, G.N.,1951,Foreign Woods - Black Ironwood (Krugiodendron ferreum, Banuyo,(Wallaceodendron celebicum, East African Camphor (Ocatea usambarensis,,Supa (Sindora supa) and Sepetir (Sindora Sp.,Wood and Wood Products 56(12) pp44-5 Reyes, L.J.,1938,Philippine Woods,Commonwealth of the Philippines Department of Agriculture and Commerce,Technical Bulletin,No.7 Schneider, E.E. 1916. Commercial Woods of the Philippines: Their Preparation and Uses. Bulletin No. 14. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Forestry, Manila, Philippines. WCMC. 1992. Conservation Status Listing - Trees and Timbers of the World, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Plants Programme, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 ODL, United Kingdom.