Batitinan (Lagerstroemia piriformis)
Family: Lythraceae
Common names: Bagunarem, Bagunaum, Baluknit, Banabang-bugtung, Banabang-dinglas, Banabang-tinaan, Basit, Batikalag, Batitinan, Bug'aom, Bug'arom, Buguarom, Dinglas, Dumate, Lasila, Lasilak, Linau, Lumati, Lumpian, Magaklud, Magatalulong, Magugah
Distributed in: Philippines (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Distribution overview: Indo-Malayan region including Indochina and extending into Indonesia and the Philippines; along rivers and on moist flat land; often cultivated as an ornamental.
Common uses: Beams, Bridge construction, Cabinetmaking, Crossties, Flooring, Furniture , Interior trim, Joists, Piling, Posts, Rafters, Shipbuilding, Sills, Wharf construction
Environment profile: Vulnerable in parts of its habitat and may soon become Endangered if current trends of over-exploitation and habitat destruction persist
Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m
Colors: the heart isPurple, Redand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureSmooth
Natural durability: Resistant to powder post beetles, Susceptible to insect attack
Odor: No specific smell or taste
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly
Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting
Ease of Drying: Veneer dries relatively rapidly, with little degrade except slight tendency to split
Blunting Effect: Moderate effect
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Gluing: Very good properties
Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended
The timber is reported to nail without difficulty, and does not require pre-boring
Planing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Responds Readily
Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy
Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results
Screwing: Pre-boring recommended
; Turning: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult
Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Good; Staining: Stains well and evenly ; 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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0,67 |
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Density |
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737 |
kg/m3 |
Bending Strength |
642 |
983 |
kg/cm2 |
Crushing Strength |
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Hardness |
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Impact Strength |
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Shearing Strength |
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kg/cm2 |
Stiffness |
98 |
116 |
1000 kg/cm2 |
Tangential Shrinkage |
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Radial Shrinkage |
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Weight |
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Maximum Load |
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Toughness |
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cm-kg |
Static Bending |
437 |
682 |
kg/cm2 |
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| | | | Item | Green | Dry | English | Bending Strength | 9134 | 13990. | psi | Density | | 46 | lbs/ft3 | Static Bending | 6223 | 9702. | psi | Stiffness | 1398 | 1653. | 1000 psi | Specific Gravity | | 0.67 | | Weight | 45 | 37. | lbs/ft3 | |
Density = high Very heavy
Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison.Kribbs, D.A. 1959. Commercial Foreign Woods on the American Market. Buckhout Lab., Dept. of Botany, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.Schneider, E.E. 1916. Commercial Woods of the Philippines: Their Preparation and Uses. Bulletin No. 14. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Forestry, Manila, Philippines.WCMC. 1992. Conservation Status Listing: Trees and Timbers of the World. World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC, Plants Program, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 ODL, United Kingdom.
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