Banuyo (Wallaceodendron celebicum)
Family: Leguminosae
Common names: Adaan, Adha, Balayong, Banuyo, Barrakbak, Bol-lilising, Bulilising, Dauer, Gayakan, Kariskis, Kasai, Lupengi, Lupigi, Lupigi-magalayao, Lupiji, Mag-ipil, Malasaga, Malatagum, Malenak, Malina, Manggachapui, Narrengdauel, Nipot-nipot, Supengum, Tayom-tayom
Distributed in: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Distribution overview: The species occurs in Indonesia and the Philippines, and is often found in areas along the sea coast. Its distribution in the Philippines is wide, but occurs in only small numbers in many areas.
Common uses: Bedroom suites, Boat building, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Carvings, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Furniture, Gunstocks, Hatracks, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Lifeboats, Living-room suites, Office furniture, Parquet flooring, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rifle stock, Rustic furniture, Sculpture, Shipbuilding, Sporting Goods, Stools, Sub-flooring, Tables , Utility furniture, Veneer, Veneer: decorative, Wardrobes
Environment profile: Vulnerable in parts of its natural habitat
Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m
Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhitish, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureUniformand the lusterNatural sheen
Natural durability: Sapwood is vulnerable to attack by furniture beetles, Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles
Odor: No specific smell or taste
Ease of Drying: Dries well under good controlled conditions
Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good
Blunting Effect: Slight effect
Boring: Easy
Carving: Good results
Cutting Resistance: Low resistance
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Mortising: good
Moulding: Responds well to peeling after proper softening
Movement in Service: Responds well to peeling after proper softening
Planing: Planes to a smooth surface
Response to hand tools: Responds well
Routing recessing: Responds well to routing operations
Sanding: Yields smooth, clean surfaces
Veneering qualities: Suitable for peeling, Suitable for slicing
Turning: Yields smooth, clean surface.
Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Specific Gravity |
0,56 |
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Density |
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673 |
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Crushing Strength |
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Hardness |
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Impact Strength |
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Shearing Strength |
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Stiffness |
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1000 kg/cm2 |
Tangential Shrinkage |
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Radial Shrinkage |
4 |
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Weight |
624 |
496 |
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Maximum Load |
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Static Bending |
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Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
High density
Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Harrar, E.S.,1942,Some Physical Properties of Modern Cabinet Woods 3. Directional and Volume,Shrinkage,Tropical Woods,9(71, pp26-32Kloot, N. H. and E. Bolza.1961.Properties of Timbers Imported into Australia.Technological Paper No. 12.Division of Forest Products, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia.Lamb, G.N.,1951,Foreign Woods - Black Ironwood (Krugiodendron ferreum, Banuyo,(Wallaceodendron celebicum, East African Camphor (Ocatea usambarensis,,Supa (Sindora supa) and Sepetir (Sindora Sp.,Wood and Wood Products 56(12) pp44-5Reyes, L.J.,1938,Philippine Woods,Commonwealth of the Philippines Department of Agriculture and Commerce,Technical Bulletin,No.7Schneider, E.E. 1916. Commercial Woods of the Philippines: Their Preparation and Uses. Bulletin No. 14. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Forestry, Manila, Philippines.WCMC. 1992. Conservation Status Listing - Trees and Timbers of the World, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Plants Programme, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 ODL, United Kingdom.
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