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Sengkuang
Sengkuang (Dracontomelon edule)

Family: Anacardiaceae

Common names: Damoni, Dao, Dorea, Lamio, Loup, New Guinea walnut, Paldao, Sengkuang

Distributed in: Papua New Guinea, Philippines (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Endemic to the Philippines (Pula￿; Sitio Tungloy , Brgy. Harrison Paluan ;Sitio Tikotiko , Brgy. Alipaoy , Paluan ; Sitio Culasisi , Brgy. Batong Buhay , Sablayan ,￿ Occidental Mindoro)

Common uses: Bedroom suites, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Core Stock, Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Factory flooring, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Gunstocks, Hatracks, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Living-room suites, Millwork, Moldings, Office furniture, Paneling , Parquet flooring, Plain veneer, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rifle stock, Rustic furniture, Sporting Goods, Veneer

Product sources: The trees are reported to occur in small numbers in the forests, and are seldom harvested for lumber.

Environment profile: Status unknown due to inadequate information

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellowish to greenishand the sapwoodWide, Yellow.The grain isStraight to interlocked, the textureUniformand the lusterLustrous

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

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Drying Defects: May warp and twist during drying, Weighting of stacks is recommended

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: Reaction Wood - Some logs are reported to contain tension wood.

Blunting Effect: Slight dulling effect on cutting tools

Boring: Responds well to both hand and machine tools in boring and all woodworking operations

Carving: Very Good to Excellent Results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Satisfactory gluing properties

Mortising: Fair to Good

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Polishes and finishes very well;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,4 0,44
Density 528 kg/m3
Bending Strength 550 826 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 37 65 kg/cm2
Hardness 275 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 77 kg/cm2
Stiffness 72 106 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 254 cm-kg
Static Bending 331 538 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 7833 11760 psi
Crushing Strength 529 926 psi
Density 33 lbs/ft3
Hardness 608 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3165 6120 psi
Shearing Strength 1102 psi
Static Bending 4711 7666 psi
Stiffness 1029 1509 1000 psi
Toughness 221 inch-lbs
Specific Gravity 0.4 0.44
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %


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