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Bagalunga
Bagalunga (Melia composita)

Family: Meliaceae

Common names: Bagalunga, Betta bevu, Ceylon cedar, Ceylon mahogany, Dingkurlong, Eiswe, Heb-bevu, Kattu-veppu, Labshi, Lunumidella, Maha limbu, Malabar neem wood, Malabar nim wood, Malaveppu, Malei vembu, Nimbarra, White cedar

Distributed in: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Fuelwood, Furniture, Handles: general, Matches, Mine timbers, Musical instruments, Plywood, Tool handles, Vehicle parts

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, White to yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Sapwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack, Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera)

Odor: Has an odor

Drying Defects: Distortion, Moderate end spitting

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Little

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy


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

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 336 kg/m3
Bending Strength 176 254 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength 187 cm
Shearing Strength 62 kg/cm2
Stiffness 71 84 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 2509 3623 psi
Density 21 lbs/ft3
Impact Strength 74 inches
Shearing Strength 882 psi
Stiffness 1017 1199 1000 psi
Weight 21 17 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 15-22 lbs/cu. ft.
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = very high
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = very low

Brown, W.H.,1978,Timbers of the World, No. 3 Southern Asia,TRADA, Red Booklet SeriesDesch, H.E.,1948,The Cedars,Wood 13(2) pp40-3Desch, H.E.,1954,Manual of Malayan Timbers (2 vols,Malayan Forest Records,no.15Little, E.L., Wadsworth, F.H.,1964,Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.249Nazma,1981,A handbook of Kerala Timbers,Kerala Forest Research Institute Research Report, No.9Pearson, R.S., Brown, H.P.,1932,Commercial Timbers of India,Govt. Printer Calcutta,2 vols
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