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Wild Almond
Wild Almond (Pygeum turnerianum)

Family: Rosaceae

Common names: Amongian, Amugan, Apitan, Bangluai, Duklap, Gupit, Humeg, Hunug, Ipus-ipus, Kanela, Kanumog, Lago, Paitan, Pamilingan, Panikin, Talegotbon, Wild Almond

Distributed in: Guyana (Central America)

Distribution overview: Various species in the genus Pygeum are distributed in the lowland and montane forests of the Malay Peninsula.

Common uses: Building construction, Decorative veneer, Door, Exterior uses, Interior construction, Joinery, Paneling , Utility furniture

Product sources: Only one species in the genus from southeast Asia, P. vulgare , which occurs in the Philippines, produces trees of timber size.

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isRed, Reddish with a purple hue and the sapwoodColor not distinct from heartwood, White.The grain isWavy, the textureUneven

Natural durability: Heartwood moderately resistant to decay, Perishable

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Drying Defects: Checking

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Comments: Pygeum timbers are rather tough, and have moderate properties in weight, hardness, and strength

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fair to Good Results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Fair to Good

Movement in Service: Fair to Good

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Response to hand tools: Works without difficulty with ordinary tools in planing and other machining operations

Routing recessing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Steam bending: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

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

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 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 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Specific Gravity 0.32 0.44


Desch, H. E. 1954. Manual of Malayan Timbers - Volume II. Malayan Forest Records, No. 15. Malaya Publishing House Ltd., Singapore.Reyes, L.J. 1938. Philippine Woods. Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Technical Bulletin 7, Commonwealth of the Philippines, Bureau of Printing, Manila.
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