Usuang saha (Endiandra laxiflora)
Family: Lauraceae
Common names: Usuang saha
Distributed in: Philippines (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Distribution overview: Southeast Asia
Environment profile: Vulnerable
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm
Colors: the heart isRed, Reddish brownand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStripe (figure), the textureMediumand the lusterMedium
Natural durability: Resistant to termites, Susceptible to insect attack
Odor: No characteristic taste
Silica Content: Contains silica
Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting
Ease of Drying: Straight
Blunting Effect: Moderate
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: Very Good to Excellent
Moulding: Very Good to Excellent
Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent
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
Routing recessing: Very Good to Excellent Results
Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results
Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy
Steam bending: Unsuitable
Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results
Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Dry |
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| Specific Gravity |
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| Density |
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kg/m3 |
| Bending Strength |
558 |
854 |
kg/cm2 |
| Crushing Strength |
57 |
89 |
kg/cm2 |
| Hardness |
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kg |
| Impact Strength |
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cm |
| Shearing Strength |
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kg/cm2 |
| Stiffness |
89 |
105 |
1000 kg/cm2 |
| Tangential Shrinkage |
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| Radial Shrinkage |
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| Weight |
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kg/m3 |
| Maximum Load |
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| Toughness |
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cm-kg |
| Static Bending |
327 |
510 |
kg/cm2 |
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 |  |  |  | | Item | Green | Dry | English | | Bending Strength | 7938 | 12158. | psi | | Crushing Strength | 819 | 1271. | psi | | Maximum Crushing Strength | 3361 | 5387. | psi | | Static Bending | 4655 | 7258. | psi | | Stiffness | 1274 | 1506. | 1000 psi | | Specific Gravity | 0.52 | | | |
Eddowes, P. J. 1961. Commercial Timbers of Papua New Guinea - Their Properties and Uses. Office of Forests, Department of Primary Industry, Forest Products Research Center, Papua New Guinea.Lauricio, F. M., Bellosillo, S. B., The Mechanical and Related Properties of Philippine Woods, The Philippine Lumber Journal, 12(5): A-H.
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