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Crepe myrtle
Crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia subcostata)

Family: Lythraceae

Common names: Crepe myrtle, Subcostata

Distributed in: China, Japan (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: Agricultural implements, Bearings & bushings, Boat building (general), Cabinetmaking, Charcoal, Flooring: commercial heavy traffic, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Fuelwood, Furniture, Handles: general, Heavy construction, Joinery, Ladders, Mine timbers, Railroad ties, Sporting Goods, Toys, Turnery, Vehicle parts, Wharf construction

Tree size: Bole length is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isGreenish to greyish, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodColor not distinct from heartwood, White.The grain isStraight, the textureUniformand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to marine borer attack, Very durable

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a slow speed

Drying Defects: Slight collapse and honeycomb, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Fairly Easy

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Holds nails well, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Screwing: Very Good to Excellent Results ; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 641 kg/m3
Bending Strength 804 1248 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 380 574 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 223 kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 135 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Weight 624 496 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 11442 17761 psi
Density 40 lbs/ft3
Maximum Crushing Strength 5408 8171 psi
Shearing Strength 3185 psi
Stiffness 1665 1923 1000 psi
Weight 39 31 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 5 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 11 %

Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very high
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Volumetric = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Max. crushing strength = medium
Max. crushing strength = high
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = high

E.H. Walker,1954,Important Trees of the Ryukyu Islands,United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands Special Bulletin,No. 3Keating, W.G., Bolza, E.,1982,Characteristics properties and uses of timbers. South East Asia, Northern,Australia and the Pacific,C.S.I.R.O. Div. Chemical Technology,Inkata Press,1Ma, T.P.,1963,Tests on mechanical and physical properties of important timbers in Taiwan,Taiwan Forestry Research Institute and Forest Bureau, Taipei, Bulletin,No.9Wang, S.F.,1966,Studies on vapour drying of lumber,Taiwan Forest Research Institute Bulletin,No.139
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