Agiau (Pistacia chinensis)
Family: Anacardiaceae
Common names: Agiau, Mamag, Sangido, Sangilo, Sarudo
Distributed in: Philippines (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Carvings, Sporting Goods, Walking sticks
Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m
Colors: the heart isBrown, Greenish to greyishand the sapwoodWell defined, White to yellow.The grain isInterlocked, the textureFine
and the lusterLustrous
Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable
Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Splitting
Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Pre-Boring Recommended
Planing: Very Good to Excellent
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Easy to machine
Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;
- Numerical data Metric
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Lomibao, A., Meniado, A.,1974,The woods of Philippine Anacardiacene (Genera Buchanania, Parishia and,Pistaria,Forpride Digest 3(3/4) pp69-70Reyes, L.J.,1938,Philippine Woods,Commonwealth of the Philippines Department of Agriculture and Commerce,Technical Bulletin,No.7
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