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Family: Celastraceae

Common names: Balpale, Banate, DualAdau, Mata ulat, Perupok, Sang trang, Seng sa, Song sa, Taung-yemare

Distributed in: Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Distribution overview: Species in the Lophopetalum genus are found in the Indo-Malayan region, North Borneo, and Indonesia.

Common uses: Balusters, Bent Parts, Blockboard, Boat building, Boxes and crates, Building construction, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Casks, Chairs, Chests, Construction, Cutting surfaces, Decorative plywood, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Fine furniture, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hardboards, Hatracks, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Lifeboats, Light construction, Living-room suites, Millwork, Moldings, Office furniture, Packing cases, Parquet flooring, Particleboard, Pulpwood, Turnery

Environment profile: The environmental status of this species within its natural habitat has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isPurple, Redand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight to shallowly interlocked, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Resistant to termites, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: No distinct taste Freshly-Cut wood temporarily smells like carnations

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Variable

Blunting Effect: Blunting effect on machining is slight

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Good results

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw The wood has very little cutting resistance

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: good

Moulding: Good moulding properties

Movement in Service: Good moulding properties

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Responds well

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Poor to Very Poor;