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Andaman bow-wood
Andaman bow-wood (Sageraea ellptica)

Family: Annonaceae

Common names: Andaman bow-wood, Chai, Chooi

Distributed in: Burma, India, Malaysia, Thailand (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Billiard-cue butts, Boat building (general), Boat building: framing, Carvings, Fishing rods, Furniture, Tool handles, Vehicle parts

Tree size: Tree height is 40-50 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodSame as heartwood, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterLustrous

Natural durability: Resistant to termites, Susceptible to insect attack

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is fluted

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Ease of planing is moderate

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Veneering qualities: Suitable for peeling, Suitable for slicing

Turning: Easy to turn


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 881 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
Density 55 lbs/ft3
Weight 54 43 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft

Brown, W.H.,1978,Timbers of the World, No. 3 Southern Asia,TRADA, Red Booklet SeriesChowdhury, K.A., Ghosh, S.S.,1958,Indian Woods: Their identification, properties and uses Vol. I,Dilleruaceae to Elaeocarpaceae,Manager of Publications, Delhi, IndiaHoward, A.L.,1948,A Manual of Timbers of the World.,Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London 3rd ed.Pearson, R.S., Brown, H.P.,1932,Commercial Timbers of India,Govt. Printer Calcutta,2 vols
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