Wood inspector

Family: Celastraceae

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

Distributed in: 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: Generally secure within its natural habitat

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isPink, Redand the sapwoodBrown, Red.The grain isStraight to shallowly interlocked, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Non-durable, Perishable

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

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: The wood may check and warp slightly during drying. The sapwood may also stain

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Blunting Effect: Blunting effect on machining is slight

Boring: End-Grain material may crumble in boring, but the timber is generally easy to work

Carving: Good results

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

Mortising: good

Moulding: Good moulding properties

Movement in Service: Good moulding properties

Planing: Lophopetalum timbers are generally easy to work, and plane to yield moderately lustrous surface

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Respond well to ordinary tools in carving, with moderate blunting effect on cutting edges

Routing recessing: The timber responds generally well to routing operations, except end-grain material

Turning: The timbers work rather easily in most operations, but there may be some crumbling when working end-grain material

Painting: Fair to Good; Polishing: Excellent; Staining: Fair to Good; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;