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Kasai
Kasai (Pometia tomentosa)

Family: Sapindaceae

Common names: Kasai, Malugai, Sibu, Taun, Truong

Distributed in: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Various species in the Pometia genus are widespread in Malaysia, Indochina, the Philippines, and other western Pacific islands. They are abundant in coastal areas and footils.

Common uses: Bedroom suites, Boat building, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Construction, Core Stock, Decorative plywood, Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Heavy construction, Kitchen cabinets, Lifeboats, Living-room suites, Mine timbers, Office furniture, Parquet flooring, Plain veneer, Plywood, Shipbuilding, Turnery, Veneer

Environment profile: Vulnerable within its natural growth range

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

Colors: the heart isRed, Reddish brownand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterLow

Natural durability: Susceptible to blue stain, Vulnerable to pinhole borer and marine borer attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Silica Content: Siliceous

Drying Defects: Harsh kiln-schedule may cause backsawn material to surface check and twist

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: Tree produces edible fruit, leaves and bark used for medicinal purposes

Blunting Effect: Medium effect

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Cutting Resistance: Fair to excellent surfaces

Gluing: Satisfactory gluing properties

Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Nailing: Good nailing properties

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is moderately resistant

Response to hand tools: Good response

Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Sanding: Fairly good sanding characteristics

Steam bending: Good

Screwing: Holds screws well ; Turning: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Painting: Good; Polishing: Takes high polish ; Staining: Staining is easy ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,54 0,59
Density 641 kg/m3
Bending Strength 621 957 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 286 530 kg/cm2
Hardness 562 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 150 kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 143 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Weight 624 512 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 144 cm-kg
Static Bending 383 614 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 8840 13622 psi
Density 40 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1240 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 4077 7546 psi
Shearing Strength 2141 psi
Static Bending 5459 8742 psi
Stiffness 1666 2048 1000 psi
Toughness 125 inch-lbs
Specific Gravity 0.54 0.59
Weight 39 32. lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 13 %

Resists denting and marring
Heavy
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Density = high
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high
Bending strength (MOR) = high

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, AustraliaEddowes, 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,1WCMC. 1992. Conservation Status Listing - Trees and Timbers of the World. World Conservation Monitoring Center-Plants Programme, Cambridge, CB3 ODL, United Kingdom.
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