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Bam-kung
Bam-kung (Cynometra polyandra)

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Bam-kung, Belangkan, Bonsuthai-buphang, Chherasu, Dieng-rai-heh, Dieng-soh pyda, Dila dila, Dila-dila, Katong, Katong-katong, Kekatong, Korhai-ha, Mangkha, Nanop, Ping, Rang-koroi-ching, Thing-changleing-theing

Distributed in: Burma, China, India, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Charcoal, Door, Flooring, Flooring: commercial heavy traffic, Fuelwood, Furniture, Handles: general, Heavy construction, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Mine timbers, Oars, Plywood, Poles, Railroad ties, Sporting Goods, Structural work, Tool handles, Toys, Turnery, Veneer, Veneer: decorative

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodPaler than heartwood .The grain isWavy, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles, Susceptible to marine borer attack

Silica Content: Siliceous

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a slow speed

Drying Defects: Severe surface checking, Severe twisting/warping

Ease of Drying: Variable results.

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: High to severe

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fair to Good , Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Suitable for peeling, Suitable for slicing

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Turns with moderate ease

Polishing: Satisfactory;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 865 kg/m3
Bending Strength 899 1391 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 509 727 kg/cm2
Hardness 1131 kg
Impact Strength 129 cm
Shearing Strength 177 kg/cm2
Stiffness 155 179 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 849 737 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 12800 19794 psi
Density 54 lbs/ft3
Hardness 2495 lbs
Impact Strength 51 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 7247 10350 psi
Shearing Strength 2525 psi
Stiffness 2213 2552 1000 psi
Weight 53 46 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 13 %

Bending strength (MOR) = high 0
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high
Max. crushing strength = high
Hardness (side grain) = hard
Toghness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = high
Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu.ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = medium
Shrinkage, Volumetric = fairly large
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = high
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very high
Max. crushing strength = very high
Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Hardness (side grain) = very hard

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