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Clicking any heading in the main data area (at right) will scroll the page back to this top position. Use the following links to jump to the associated section in the main data. Boring Carving Comments Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Distribution Overview Ease of Drying Environmental Profile Family Name Grain Heartwood Color Mortising Moulding Movement in Service Numerical Data Odor Planing References Regions of Distribution Resin Content Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sapwood Color Scientific Name Strength Properties Texture Trade Name Turning Scientific Name Aglaia gigantea Trade Name Aglaia Family Name Meliaceae Common Names Aglaia, Agulasing, Alamag, Arangen, Arupag, Bakalau, Balui, Basinau, Batukanag, Daueng, Goi, Goi tia, Kaniwi, Kansayud, Kansulud, Magtabigi, Makopa, Malasaging, Malatapai, Maligang, Mapuneau, Salaking-pu, Salamingai, Tucang-calao Regions of Distribution Oceania and S.E. Asia Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam Common Uses Beams, Billiard-cue butts, Boat building, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Canoes, Chests, Construction, Decorative veneer, Desks, Flooring, Foundation posts, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Gunstocks, Joinery, Joists, Lifeboats, Light construction, Paneling , Posts, Rifle stock, Rough construction, Shipbuilding, Turnery, Wharf construction, Windows Environmental Profile Status unknown in many of its growth areas Distribution Overview Grows in China (Guangdong - Hainan) and Viet Nam, mainly in primary and secondary lowland forest up to 500m. Heartwood Color White Pink Red Pinkish white Pale red to pink Sapwood Color Green/Grey White Straw colored to grayish-white Clearly differentiated from the heartwood Grain Closed Figure Crossed Wavy Irregular Irregular Curly Crossed Characteristic fine zig-zag lines Texture Fine Close Fine Odor Has an odor No taste Fragrant odor Resin Content Discharges small amounts of resin when cut Ease of Drying Reconditioning Treatement Reported to season well Comments Aglaia genus contains approximately 50 species in the Philippines, many of which are widely distributed, but none of which reaches large size. Except for hardness and color, timber from larger trees of the genus are very uniform in appearance, A general description of the genus can give the principal charactereristics of any species. The timber usually contains white or pink deposits Boring Fairly difficult to very difficult Carving Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Cutting Resistance Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw Mortising Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Moulding Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Movement in Service Fair to Good Stability - Medium Movement Medium Planing Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Response to Hand Tools Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work Very sharp cutting edges are required to produce a smooth surface Difficult to machine Routing & Recessing Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Turning Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult Strength Properties High density Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Density 44 lbs/ft3 Specific Gravity 0.43 0.54 Radial Shrinkage 2 % Tangential Shrinkage 4 % Item Green Dry Metric Density 705 kg/m3 Specific Gravity 0.43 0.54 Radial Shrinkage 2 % References Eddowes, P. J. 1961. Commercial Timbers of Papua New Guinea:Their Properties and Uses. Office of Forests, Papua New Guinea. 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.