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Common Names
Common Uses
Countries of Distribution
Cutting Resistance
Drying Defects
Family Name
Grain
Heartwood Color
Kiln Schedules
Luster
Nailing
Natural Durability
Numerical Data
Planing
References
Regions of Distribution
Resistance to Impregnation
Response to Hand Tools
Sapwood Color
Scientific Name
Strength Properties
Synonyms
Texture
Trade Name
Tree Size
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Synonyms
Myristica furfuracea
Common Names
Darah, Kumpang, Penarahan, Penarahan arang
Regions of Distribution
Oceania and S.E. Asia
Countries of Distribution
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Malaysia, Thailand
Common Uses
Boxes and crates, Concrete formwork, Heavy construction, Light construction, Plywood
Heartwood Color
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Sapwood Color
Grain
Texture
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Natural Durability
| Durable |
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| Non durable |
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| Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles |
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| Sapwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack |
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| Pinworms (ambrosia beetles) often present in the standing tree |
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| Pinworms (ambrosia beetles) may be present in the felled log |
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| Heartwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack |
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Kiln Schedules
Drying Defects
Tree Size
Cutting Resistance
| Cutting Resistance with dry wood is easy |
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Nailing
Planing
| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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| Planes well, to a good finish |
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Response to Hand Tools
Strength Properties
| Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. |
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| Item | Green | Dry | English |
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| Density | | 40 | lbs/ft3 |
| Weight | 39 | 31 | lbs/ft3 |
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| Density | | 641 | kg/m3 |
References
Burgess, P.F.,1966,Timbers of Sabah,Sabah Forest Record, no.6
Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.
Desch, H.E.,1954,Manual of Malayan Timbers (2 vols,Malayan Forest Records,no.15
Menon, P.K.B.,1959,The wood anatomy of Malayan timbers: commercial timbers, 3. Light,hardwoods,Malaysian Forest Research Institute Kepong, Research Pamplet, No. 27.
Whitmore, T.C. (Ed.,1972,Tree Flora of Malaya A Manual for Foresters Volume 1,Forest Department Ministry of Agriculture and Lands Malaysia
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