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La-mut
La-mut (Mangifera foetida)

Family: Anacardiaceae

Common names: La-mut, Machang, Mango, Sepam, Wangi

Distributed in: Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Cabinetmaking, Concrete formwork, Furniture, Heavy construction, Light construction, Plywood, Veneer

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureUniformand the lusterPronounced

Natural durability: Susceptible to marine borer attack, Very durable

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Very good to excellent results

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Pre-Boring Recommended

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 592 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 576 464 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 37 lbs/ft3
Weight 36 29 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 4 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.

Burgess, P.F.,1966,Timbers of Sabah,Sabah Forest Record, no.6Desch, H.E.,1954,Manual of Malayan Timbers (2 vols,Malayan Forest Records,no.15Lee, Y.H., Lopez, D.T.,1968,The Machining Properties of some Malayan Timbers,Malayan Forester,3,pp194-210Menon, P.K.B.,1959,The wood anatomy of Malayan timbers: commercial timbers, 3. Light,hardwoods,Malaysian Forest Research Institute Kepong, Research Pamplet, No. 27.Ng, F.S.P. (Ed,1989,Tree Flora of Malaya A Manual for Foresters Volume 4,Forest Research Institute Malaysia Ministry of Primary IndustriesStephens, M.,1955,The Timber Machang (Mangifera foetida,Malayan Forester 18(4) pp205-7Wong Choong Ngok, Burgess, H.J.,1960,A comparison of linear shrinkage data obtained by different methods,Malaysia Forest Research Institute, Forestry Department Research Pamphlet,29
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