Agidai (Crypteronia paniculata)
Family: Crypteroniaceae
Common names: Agidai, Anambo, Ananbo, Baliuag, Barakbok, Baruga, Bekori, Bitok, Bol-buen, Bongganii, Booken, Bugna, Dieng-or, Dieng-sawkyrreng, Goru-mora, Kelat, Kodai, Kudai, Ladau, Malabayabas, Malabiong, Masuging-sep, Thengpitorete-arong, Tiaui, Tua, Tualin, Tuug
Distributed in: Burma, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Common uses: Flooring, Heavy construction, Light construction, Railroad ties
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm
Colors: the heart isRed, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodRed, Same as heartwood.The grain isWeak figure, the textureFine to mediumand the lusterSlightly lustrous
Natural durability: Perishable, Susceptible to insect attack
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly
Drying Defects: Internal Honeycombing Possible, Splitting
Ease of Drying: Slowly
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Mortising: Very Good to Excellent
Moulding: Very Good to Excellent
Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent
Planing: Very Good to Excellent
Resistance to Impregnation: Heartwood is moderately resistant
Response to hand tools: Easy to machine
Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
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Desch, H.E.,1954,Manual of Malayan Timbers (2 vols,Malayan Forest Records,no.15Howard, A.L.,1948,A Manual of Timbers of the World.,Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London 3rd ed.Ng, F.S.P. (Ed,1989,Tree Flora of Malaya A Manual for Foresters Volume 4,Forest Research Institute Malaysia Ministry of Primary IndustriesPearson, R.S., Brown, H.P.,1932,Commercial Timbers of India,Govt. Printer Calcutta,2 volsPurkayastha, S.K.,1982,Indian woods: Their identifications, properties and uses, Vol. IV,Myrlacene to Symploceae,Controller of Publications, New DelhiReyes, L.J.,1938,Philippine Woods,Commonwealth of the Philippines Department of Agriculture and Commerce,Technical Bulletin,No.7
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