Bengkulat (Ilex cymosa)
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Common names: Bengkulat, Timah-timah
Distributed in: Brunei, Burma, Malaysia (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Common uses: Matches
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm
Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureUniform
Natural durability: Sapwood is susceptible to wood staining fungal attack, Susceptible to insect attack
Drying Defects: Slight end splitting
Ease of Drying: Thick Stock Requires Care
Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed
Blunting Effect: Moderate
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Nailing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Poor to Very Poor
Planing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Responds Poorly
Screwing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult, Poor to Very Poor Results;
Polishing: Fair to Good;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Browne, F.G.,1955,Forest Trees of Sarawak and Brunei and their Products.,Government Printing Office, Kuching, SarawakDesch, H.E.,1954,Manual of Malayan Timbers (2 vols,Malayan Forest Records,no.15Sarawak Forest Department,Trees and Timbers of Sarawak and Brunei,Forest Department, Sarawak, leaflet No.45
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