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Petaling padang
Petaling padang (Homalium longifolium)

Family: Flacourtiaceae

Common names: Petaling padang

Distributed in: Malaysia (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Heavy construction, Light construction, Marine construction, Poles, Railroad ties, Turnery

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureUniformand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to marine borer attack, Very durable

Kiln Drying Rate: Slow

Drying Defects: Slight end splitting, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is fluted

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fair to Good Results

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

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

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Fair to Good;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 485 699 kg/cm2
Hardness 901 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 132 kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Hardness 1987 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 6899 9945 psi
Shearing Strength 1883 psi
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 4 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Max. crushing strength = high
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Hardness (side grain) = hard

Burgess, P.F.,1966,Timbers of Sabah,Sabah Forest Record, no.6Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Desch, H.E.,1954,Manual of Malayan Timbers (2 vols,Malayan Forest Records,no.15Whitmore, T.C.,1973,Tree Flora of Malaya A Manual for Foresters Volume 2,Forest Department Ministry of Primary Industries Malaysia
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