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Common Names
Common Uses
Countries of Distribution
Cutting Resistance
Ease of Drying
Family Name
Gluing
Grain
Heartwood Color
Kiln Drying Rate
Movement in Service
Nailing
Natural Durability
Numerical Data
Painting
Planing
References
Regions of Distribution
Resistance to Impregnation
Response to Hand Tools
Sapwood Color
Scientific Name
Synonyms
Texture
Toxicity
Trade Name
Tree Identification
Tree Size
Varnishing
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Synonyms
Mespilus bengalensis
Common Names
Bolanchin, Ching-neilei, Dieng sijnerei, Dieng-la-bysu, Maya, Pet sut, Theng-okri-arong
Regions of Distribution
Oceania and S.E. Asia
Countries of Distribution
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Burma, India, Malaysia
Common Uses
Turnery
Heartwood Color
Sapwood Color
Grain
Texture
Natural Durability
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| Resistant to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles |
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| Resistant to wood staining fungal attack |
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Toxicity
Ease of Drying
Kiln Drying Rate
Tree Identification
Tree Size
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| Tree height is 10-20 m |
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Cutting Resistance
Gluing
Movement in Service
| Excellent Stability - Small Movement |
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Nailing
Planing
| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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| Fair to Good Results |
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Resistance to Impregnation
| Resistant sapwood |
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| Resistant heartwood |
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| Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work |
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Painting
| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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| Fair to Good Results |
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Varnishing
| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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| Fair to Good Results |
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| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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Numerical Data
References
Desch, H.E.,1954,Manual of Malayan Timbers (2 vols,Malayan Forest Records,no.15
Ramesh, Rao K., Purkayastha, S.K.,1972,Indian Woods - Their Identification Properties and Uses,Dehra Dun India,Vol. 3
Whitmore, T.C.,1973,Tree Flora of Malaya A Manual for Foresters Volume 2,Forest Department Ministry of Primary Industries Malaysia
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