Wood inspector

Family: Leguminosae

Common names: Kerandji, Keranjii, Khleng, Kralanh, Xoay

Distributed in: Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam. Grows in dense evergreen and semi-deciduous forest and in transistional forest between evergreen and open dipterocarp forest. It is recorded up to 800 m altitude.

Common uses: Broom handles, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Construction, Crossties, Domestic flooring, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Flooring, Handles, Heavy construction, Mine timbers, Parquet flooring, Pile-driver cushions, Piling, Poles, Railroad ties, Shafts/Handles, Sub-flooring, Tool handles, Truck bodies, Utility poles, Vehicle parts

Product sources: The timber is often mixed and sold with with those produced by other species in the genus Dialium under the trade name Kerandji.

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Turn reddish brown upon exposureand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium to High

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack by marine borers and termites, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Drying Defects: Checking, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

Gluing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Sanding: Fair to Good Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy