Bauh keluak (Pangium edule)
Family: Flacourtiaceae
Common names: Bauh keluak, Kapechong, Kapenchueng, Kayu tuba buwah, Kepayang, Pakem, Pangi, Pangium, Payang, Pichung, Puchong, Puchung, Putjung, Simaung
Distributed in: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Common uses: Light construction, Matches, Moldings, Veneer
Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m
Colors: the heart isRed, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium
Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles, Very durable
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly
Ease of Drying: Rapidly
Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is buttressed
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood
Response to hand tools: Easy to Work
Steam bending: Very Good to Excellent Results
Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Density |
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Bending Strength |
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Crushing Strength |
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Hardness |
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Impact Strength |
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Shearing Strength |
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Stiffness |
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1000 kg/cm2 |
Tangential Shrinkage |
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Radial Shrinkage |
2 |
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Weight |
657 |
528 |
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Maximum Load |
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Toughness |
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Static Bending |
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Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. Shrinkage, Tangential = very small Shrinkage, Radial = very small Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Bolza, E.,1975,Properties and Uses of 175 Timber Species from Papua New Guinea and West,Irian,C.S.I.R.O. Div. Building Research Report,no.34Burgess, P.F.,1966,Timbers of Sabah,Sabah Forest Record, no.6Burkill, I.H.,1935,A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay peninsula (2 vols.,Crown Agents for the Colonies, LondonDesch, H.E.,1954,Manual of Malayan Timbers (2 vols,Malayan Forest Records,no.15Eddowes, P.J.,1977,Commercial Timbers of Papua New Guinea: Their Properties and Uses,Hebano Press, Port Moresby, Papua New GuineaWhitmore, T.C.,1973,Tree Flora of Malaya A Manual for Foresters Volume 2,Forest Department Ministry of Primary Industries Malaysia
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