Basong (Madhuca malaccensis)
Family: Sapotaceae
Common names: Basong, Kamayan, Nato, Nyatoh, Rian, Sundek
Distributed in: Malaysia, Thailand (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Distribution overview: Madhuca species are found in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indomalesia, and the Pacific Islands.
Common uses: Furniture, Joinery, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products
Environment profile: Abundant/Secure
Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m
Colors: the heart isGreen, Purpleand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureFine to mediumand the lusterHigh
Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera), Susceptible to marine borer attack
Odor: Has an odor
Drying Defects: Severe end splitting, Severe surface checking
Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement
Blunting Effect: Little
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw
Gluing: Very Good to Excellent Results
Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent
Planing: Very Good to Excellent
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Responds Readily
Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Veneering qualities: Easy to cut
Steam bending: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results
Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
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