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Bakam
Bakam (Caesalpinia sappan)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Bakam, Bakamu, Bakapu, Bokmo, Chappangam, Hapang, Parthangi, Patang, Patanga, Pattang, Pattangi, Patunga, Sapang, Sappan, Sappan tree, Sepang, Sibukau, Sikalig, Sunthe, Teinnyet, The sappan-wood

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

Common uses: Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Chemical derivatives, Furniture, Musical instruments: strings, Poles, Sporting Goods, Walking sticks

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodPaler than heartwood, Yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureFine to mediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to insect attack, Very durable

Drying Defects: Moderate twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Planing: Fair to Good

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily


Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 865 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 54 lbs/ft3
Weight 53 52 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dryweight ) = 67-75 lbs cu. ft.

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