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Milky mangrove
Milky mangrove (Excoecaria agallocha)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Common names: Aloe, Ausus, Ayas, Bat, Bat￿Nigak￿iy, Bebuta, Buta-buta, Chilla, Eas, Gangwa, Garu, Geon, Geor, Geria, Geva, Gewa, Hara, Hasi, Ias, Kayaw, Kayu, Komatti, Losus, Milky mangrove, Ousus, Paradise wood, Phungali, Sasi, Surund, Tala kiriya, Tayaw, The eye-blinding plant, Thilla, Tilai, Uguru, Yekin

Distributed in: Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu (Africa, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Africa, across the Asian subcontinent to Japan, Southeast Asia to Australia and the Pacific Islands. Rare in Singapore. Often found on rocky shores and in mangrove swawps.

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Building materials, Charcoal, Clogs, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Fuelwood, Furniture , Furniture, Heavy construction, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Light construction, Matchboxes, Matches, Millwork, Moldings, Plywood, Poles, Posts, Pulp/Paper products, Pulpwood, Rustic furniture, Sporting Goods, Tables , Tables, Toys, Trimming, Utility furniture, Wainscotting, Windows

Environment profile: Vulnerable in parts of its natural habitat

Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureModerately fine and even and the lusterLustrous

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

Odor: No distinct taste

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed

Comments: Good source of sulpahte pulp

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Cutting Resistance: Cutting Resistance with dry wood is easy

Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is treatable

Response to hand tools: Difficult to machine

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Turning: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,4 0,42
Density 432 kg/m3
Bending Strength 372 697 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 28 74 kg/cm2
Hardness 322 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 78 kg/cm2
Stiffness 56 76 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 416 368 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 342 cm-kg
Static Bending 223 320 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 5296 9924 psi
Crushing Strength 407 1054 psi
Density 27 lbs/ft3
Hardness 711 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 2592 4433 psi
Shearing Strength 1113 psi
Static Bending 3178 4556 psi
Stiffness 805 1084 1000 psi
Toughness 297 inch-lbs
Specific Gravity 0.4 0.42
Weight 26 23 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 5 %

Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.

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