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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. Blunting Effect Boring Carving Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Drying Defects Ease of Drying Family Name Grain Heartwood Color Luster Mortising Moulding Natural Durability Numerical Data Planing References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Impregnation Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sapwood Color Scientific Name Silica Content Strength Properties Texture Trade Name Tree Identification Tree Size Turning Scientific Name Mezzetia leptopoda Trade Name Barun Family Name Annonaceae Common Names Barun, Kepayang babi, Mempisang, Pisang pisang Regions of Distribution Oceania and S.E. Asia Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Malaysia Common Uses Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Plywood, Posts, Tool handles, Veneer: decorative Heartwood Color Brown Yellow Pink Green Grey Orange Yellow to golden-yellow to orange Brown Greenish to greyish Sapwood Color Brown Yellow Same as heartwood White to yellow Grain Straight Figure Even Distinct (figure) Straight Distinct figure Texture Medium Fine Coarse Luster Medium Dull Natural Durability Durable Moderately durable Non durable Susceptible to marine borer attack Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera) Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles Sapwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack Resistant to attack from pinworms (ambrosia beetles) Moderately durable Silica Content High Siliceous Drying Defects Checking Distortion Moderate surface checking Moderate end spitting Ease of Drying Rapidly Fairly Easy Moderate Easy Tree Identification Bole/stem form is not buttressed Bole/stem form is fluted Tree Size Bole length is 0-10 m Tree height is 30-40 m Blunting Effect High to severe Boring Fair to good results Fairly easy to very easy Carving Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Cutting Resistance Easy to saw Mortising Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Moulding Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Planing Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Resistance to Impregnation Resistant sapwood Heartwood is permeable Response to Hand Tools Easy to machine Difficult to machine Routing & Recessing Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Turning Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Strength Properties Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Density 38 lbs/ft3 Weight 37 29 lbs/ft3 Item Green Dry Metric Density 608 kg/m3 References Brown, W.H.,1978,Timbers of the World, No. 4 South East Asia,TRADA, Red Booklet Series Burgess, P.F.,1966,Timbers of Sabah,Sabah Forest Record, no.6 Desch, H.E.,1954,Manual of Malayan Timbers (2 vols,Malayan Forest Records,no.15 I.U.F.R.O.,1973,Veneer Species of the World,Assembled at F.P.L. Madison on behalf of I.U.F.R.O. Working Party on,Slicing and Veneer Cutting 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. Smythies, B.E.,1965,Common Sarawak Trees,Borneo Literature Bureau Whitmore, T.C. (Ed.,1972,Tree Flora of Malaya A Manual for Foresters Volume 1,Forest Department Ministry of Agriculture and Lands Malaysia