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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 Distribution Overview Drying Defects Ease of Drying Environmental Profile Gluing Grain Heartwood Color Luster Mortising Moulding Movement in Service Nailing Natural Durability Numerical Data Odor Planing References Regions of Distribution Resistance to Impregnation Response to Hand Tools Routing & Recessing Sanding Sapwood Color Scientific Name Strength Properties Texture Trade Name Turning Scientific Name Pterocymbium beccarii Trade Name Amberoi Family Name Common Names Amberoi Regions of Distribution Oceania and S.E. Asia Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines Common Uses Balusters, Boxes and crates, Building construction, Building materials, Carvings, Casks, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Construction, Core Stock, Decorative plywood, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Interior construction, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Light construction, Living-room suites, Matchboxes, Matches, Moldings, Office furniture, Packing cases, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Pulpwood, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rustic furniture, Stairworks, Stools, Stringers Environmental Profile Status unknown in many of its growth areas Rare in parts of its natural range Data source is World Conservation Monitoring Center Distribution Overview The species occurs in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, and Papua New Guinea in Southeast Asia. Heartwood Color Brown Red Green/grey Purple White to cream Sapwood Color Brown Whitish Not clearly defined from sapwood Grain Even Straight Straight Quartersawn surfaces show rays in oak-like figure Texture Coarse Fine Medium Luster Dull Natural Durability Durable Moderately durable Needs chemical protection in high decay conditions Heartwood is vulnerable to pinhole borer, termite, and marine borer attack Heartwood has very little resistance to decay Felled logs should be removed within a day Odor No specific smell or taste Drying Defects Slight twist/warp Slight end splitting Ease of Drying Reconditioning Treatement Little degrade Easy Dries well with little degrade Blunting Effect Moderate Boring Fairly easy to very easy Best if bored in dry condition Carving Fairly Easy to Very Easy Seasoned wood is generally easier to work Good results Cutting Resistance Easy to saw Easy to saw Gluing Good gluing properties Mortising Fairly Easy to Very Easy Mortising in dry condition is best Moulding Fairly Easy to Very Easy Moulds easily with ordinary tools Moulding qualities improve with seasoning Movement in Service Stable Retain shape after manufacture Nailing Satisfactory nailing properties Planing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Planes well, to a good finish Best if planed with seasoned wood Resistance to Impregnation Permeable Response to Hand Tools Responds Readily Seasoned wood works best Routing & Recessing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Seasoned wood is easier Sanding Best with seasoned wood Turning Fairly Easy to Very Easy Easier with seasoned wood Strength Properties Low resistance to denting and marring Density = medium Compression strength (parallel to grain) = low Bending strength (MOR) = low Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Bending Strength 5057 6488 psi Crushing Strength 206 319. psi Density 23 lbs/ft3 Hardness 348 lbs Maximum Crushing Strength 2372 4253 psi Shearing Strength 598 psi Static Bending 3626 5057 psi Stiffness 1078 1196 1000 psi Toughness 56 inch-lbs Item Green Dry Metric Bending Strength 355 456 kg/cm2 Crushing Strength 14 22. kg/cm2 Density 368 kg/m3 Hardness 157 kg Maximum Crushing Strength 166 299 kg/cm2 Shearing Strength 42 kg/cm2 Static Bending 254 355 kg/cm2 Stiffness 75 84 1000 kg/cm2 References Bolza, E., Kloot, N. H. 1966. The Mechanical Properties of 81 New Guinea Timbers. Technological Paper No. 41. Division of Forest Products, Center for Scientific and Industrial Organization (CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia Eddowes, P.J. 1977. Commercial Timbers of Papua New Guinea - Their Properties and Uses. Forest Products Research Center, Office of Forests, Department of Primary Industry, Papua New Guinea. Keating, W.G., Bolza, E.,1982,Characteristics properties and uses of timbers. South East Asia, Northern,Australia and the Pacific,C.S.I.R.O. Div. Chemical Technology,Inkata Press,1 WCMC. 1992. Conservation Status Listing - Trees and Timbers of the World. World Conservation Monitoring Center-Plants Programme, Cambridge, CB3 ODL, United Kingdom.