Monthly Archives: August 2012

Wood Species-Santos Mahogany

  Santos Mahogany Feature&Utility Cross Section:Diffuse-porous wood,distinct difference exists between sapwood and heart wood.The heart wood is reddish brown to purplish red brown with stripe of light color.The sapwood is nearly white. No obvious annual ring, slightly fragrance.There is resin … Continue reading

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Wood Species-Robinia

Robinia   Latin name: Sophora sp Binomial Nomenclature: Robinia pseudoacacia L Kingdom: Plant kingdom Division: Spermatophyta Subdivision: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Section: Fabales Family:Leguminosae Subfamily: Papilionoideae Genus:Robinia Species: Robinia pseudoacacia Distribution area: North America(growth of origin),Asia,Europe,etc.   Property of Robinia Wood … Continue reading

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Wood Species-African Padauk

African padauk Latin name: Pterocarpus soyauxii Family:Fabaceae Genus: Pterocarpus Different name: African、padauk、Padauk、Padouk(England、German、Holland),Camwood、Barwood(England),Osun(Nigeria),Palo rojo(Equatorial Guinea),Mbel、Mbil、Muenge(Cameroon、Gabon),N`gula、Bosulu、Corail、Nkula、Nzali、Mukula、Mongola(Zaire),Kisese(Congo),Girassonde、Tacula(Angola). Distribution and feature African padauk belonging to megaphanerophyte,can grows more than 30 meters tall and 1.5m long diameter.It is normally in tropical zone and largely import from … Continue reading

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Wood species-Maple

  Maple divided into soft Maple and hard Maple belongs to temperate wood species, and grows mainly in Yangtze valley ,Taiwan and East America. Maple wood is ash brown or gray red, light and hard with not-obvious annual ring, interlocked … Continue reading

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Wood species-Manchurian Ash

  Manchurian Ash Manchurian Ash,was protected as a vulnerable plant in China. It grows dispersedly and drops in number because of over cutting. Manchurian timber is hippocastanaceae with high hardness and beautiful wood grain. The trees can grow as tall … Continue reading

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Wood Species-Iroko

Name: Iroko Latin name: Milicia excelsa, M. regia (syn. Chlorophora excelsa, C. regia) English name: Kambala Color/Appearance: 5cm width, yellowish-white sapwood, color of heart wood for the new sections is yellow or light brown, changes into golden brown in the … Continue reading

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Wood Species-Merbau

Merbau Scientific name: intsia biujga Commercial name: Merbau Latin name:Intsia.spp Product name:Merbau (Malaysia,Indonesia); Ipil (Philippines); Kwila (Papua New Guinea); Hintzy (Madagascar) Family: Caesalpiniaceae Distribution:Malaysia,Indonesia, thePhilippines,Burma’s southern,Thailand,Papua New Guinea,Solomon,Fijiand samo islands, etc. Characteristic of wood: diffuse-porous wood, yellow-brown or orange-brown sapwood … Continue reading

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Wood Species – Kempas

Latin name:Koompassia spp. Koompassia malaccensis English name:Kempas Family name: Leguminosae Trade English name:Kempas Empas Impas Mengeris Trees and distribution Kempas trees are megaphanerophyte with prominently buttressed,33-35 meters tall,300- 400 cm at breast height, and normally produced in Malaysia,Indonesia,Brunei. We often see  Koompasia and Malaysia Kempas in wood market. Characteristics of the wood Kempas timber is one kind of diffuse-porous wood, not obvious distinction between sapwood and heartwood. Its heart wood is light pink  or brick-red and turns into jacinth  and yellowish-brown stripes as long-term storage in the air.Sapwood would become whitish to yellow.Its thickness is 50cm with gloss, interlocked grain ,coarse texture and no special smell. The property of the wood  1.Small dry shrinkage     Full shrinkage ratio: String to 7.4%; Radial 6.0%   Air shrinkage rate:String to 3.0%; Radial 2.0% 2.Heavy,basic density 0.71g/cm3,air-dry density 0.85-0.93g/cm3) 3.High hardness,compressive strength parallel to grain:66-72MPa,bending strength:122- 133 MPa,bending modulus:18.6-20.9 GPa. 4.Good nailability,but drilling before nails down 5.Resistance to corrosion,termite and moth. 6.Good performance of sanding,waxing and painting. Utility of the wood  Kempas timber can be used as girder,pillar,rafter,joist and wood flooring for its high hardness and density.

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Wood Species – Ipe

  Scientific name: Ipe place of origin:Brazil Characteristics: Definitely A grade timber, pure color, districted from B grade timber which is covered by dark color.12 colors were dyed to meet different requirement of customers. For its unctuous characteristic, PU coating … Continue reading

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Wood Species – Cumaru/Brazilian Teak

Brief Introduction Name of the wood:     Cumaru/Tonka bean/Brazilian Teak Source of the wood:   South America Latin name:   Dipteryx spp. Family of the wood:   Leguminosaea Morphological characteristics Characteristics of the wood: Sapwood is different from heart wood that is russet brown … Continue reading

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