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ResakResak
Resak (Cotylelobium spp.)

Family: Dipterocarpaceae

Common names: Chan thip, Lau tau, Mascal wood, Narig, Resak, Taungsagaing

Distributed in: Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Widespread in Southeast Asia from India and Ceylon to New Guinea. Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indomalesia. Generally occurs sporadically throughout the well-drained lowland dipterocarp forests near rivers and hills.

Common uses: Barge fenders, Bedroom suites, Boat building, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Construction, Crossties, Docks, Dockwork, Domestic flooring, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Factory construction, Flooring, Furniture , Harbor work, Heavy construction, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Lifeboats, Living-room suites, Marine construction, Mine timbers, Naval architecture, Office furniture, Parquet flooring, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Raft floats, Rafts, Railroad ties, Shipbuilding, Sills, Sub-flooring, Wharf construction, Windows

Product sources: The trade name Resak is assigned to timbers produced by species in both Cotylelobium and Vatica genera. The timbers are highly similar in structure.

Environment profile: Secure within many parts of its natural range, but not completely assessed

Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isDarkens with age, Yellowish brownand the sapwoodPaler than heartwood, Well defined.The grain isSilver tinted figure, the textureFine and uniform

Natural durability: Heartwood is very resistant to decay and termite attack, Heartwood is vulnerable to pin-hole borer attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Silica Content: Likely to have significant impact on machining

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Fairly Easy

Blunting Effect: Severe

Cutting Resistance: Difficult to saw

Nailing: Difficult to nail

Planing: Difficult to plane

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is resistant

Screwing: Difficult to screw ;

Polishing: Takes high polish ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 751 1350 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 383 620 kg/cm2
Hardness 689 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 130 174 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 10682 19208 psi
Hardness 1519 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 5449 8820 psi
Stiffness 1862 2489 1000 psi
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Resists denting and marring
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high
Bending strength (MOR) = very high

Chowdhury, K.A. and S.S. Ghosh. 1958. Indian Woods - Their Identification, Properties and Uses, Volume I - Dilleniaceae to Elaeocarpaceae. Published by the Manager of Publications, Delhi, India.Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Desch, H. E. 1957. Manual of Malayan Timbers - Volume I. Malayan Forest Records, No. 15. Malaya Publishing House Ltd., Singapore.Keating, W.G., Bolza, E.,1982,Characteristics properties and uses of timbers. South East Asia, Northern,Australia and the Pacific,C.S.I.R.O. Div. Chemical Technology,Inkata Press,1WCMC. 1992. Conservation Status Listing - Trees and Timbers of the World. World Conservation Monitoring Center-Plants Programme, Cambridge, CB3 ODL, United Kingdom.
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