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Kalipapa (Vitex quinata)

Family: Verbenaceae

Common names: Kalipapa, West Irian vitex

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

Common uses: Boat building (general), Cabinetmaking, Furniture, Joinery

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Resistant to powder post beetles, Susceptible to insect attack

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Distortion, Internal Honeycombing Possible

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is misshapen

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Good finishing

Movement in Service: Good finishing

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Poor to Very Poor

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Moderate working qualities

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Screwing: Easy to screw ; Turning: Poor to Very Poor Results

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 512 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 2 %
Weight 496 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 32 lbs/ft3
Weight 31 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 4 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small

Brown, W.H.,1978,Timbers of the World, No. 8 Australasia,TRADA, Red Booklet SeriesDesch, H.E.,1954,Manual of Malayan Timbers (2 vols,Malayan Forest Records,no.15Lomibao, B.A. and Salva, R.M.,1972,Wood structure, characteristics and properties of six Vitex species of the,Philippine Verbenaceae,Philippine Lumberman 1972 (18) 3 pp.24-26, 28, 29
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