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ChengalChengal
Chengal (Shorea balanocarpoides)

Family: Dipterocarpaceae

Common names: Chengal, Damar hitam daun besar, Damar hitam katup, Damar katup, Damar litam daum besar, Dmar hitam gondol, Kala daun besar, Kala dawn besar, Meranti damar hitam, Meranti hijau, Meranti hyau, Meranti putih, Merawan, Merawan lampong, White meranti, Yellow meranti

Distributed in: Malaysia (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Furniture, Joinery, Light construction, Plywood

Environment profile: Abundant/Secure

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWell defined, White to yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Pinworms (ambrosia beetles) are commonly present, Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Drying Defects: Checking, Distortion

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is buttressed

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Very Good to Excellent Results

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fair to Good , Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Sanding: Fair to Good Results

Steam bending: Tends to Degrade

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Finish is generally satisfactory;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 705 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 44 lbs/ft3
Weight 43 34 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.

Brown, W.H.,1978,Timbers of the World, No. 4 South East Asia,TRADA, Red Booklet SeriesDesch, H.E.,1954,Manual of Malayan Timbers (2 vols,Malayan Forest Records,no.15Fundter, J.M.,1982,Names for Dipterocarp timbers and trees from Asia,Pudoc, Wageningen, NetherlandsI. Soerianegara and R.H.M.J. Lemmens (Editors,1993,Plant Resources of South-East Asia 5,(PROSEA, 1,Timber trees: Major commercial timbers,Pudoc Scientific Publishers, Wageningen 1993Menon, P.K.B.,1959,The wood anatomy of Malayan timbers: commercial timbers, 3. Light,hardwoods,Malaysian Forest Research Institute Kepong, Research Pamplet, No. 27.Symington, C.F.,1943,Foresters manual of Dipterocarps,Malaysia Forest Record,No.16
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