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Specifications of Popular Malaysian Timber : General Properties Print E-mail
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Monday, 04 August 2008 06:09
Name Botanical Name Treatability Working Properties Nailing
LIGHT HARDWOOD
Melantai Shorea macroptera Difficult Good
Kungkur Pithecellobium spp. Difficult Poor
KembangSemangkuk Scaphium spp. Very Easy Good
Medang Spp. of Lauraceae Very Difficult Excellent
Melunak Pentace spp. Very Difficult Good
Kedondong Spp. of Burseraceae Very Difficult Good
Jelutong Dyera spp.  Extremely Easy Excellent
Machang Mangifera spp. Very Easy Excellent
Ramin Gonystylus spp. Extremely Easy Poor
Dark Red Meranti Shorea spp. Difficult Good
Mempisang Spp. of Annonaceae Extremely Easy Poor
Meranti Bakau Shorea uliginosa Easy Good
Rubberwood Hevea brasiliensis Easy Good
White Meranti Shorea spp. Easy Poor
Nyatoh Spp. of Sapotaceae Very Difficult Good to Excellent
Mersawa Anisoptera spp. Difficult Good
Light Red Meranti Shorea spp. Difficult Good to Poor
Sepetir Sindora spp. Moderately Difficult Good
Gerutu Parashorea spp. Very Difficult Excellent
Pulai Alstonia spp. Extremely Easy Excellent
Yellow Meranti Shorea spp. Moderately Difficult Poor
Petai Parkia spp. Extremely Easy Excellent
Geronggang Cratoxylum spp. Extremely Easy Excellent
Durian Durio spp., Neesia spp. Very Easy Good to Excellent
Bintangor Calophyllum spp. Moderately Difficult Poor
Sesendok Endospermum spp. Extremely Easy Excellent
Terap Artocarpus spp. Moderately Difficult Good
Penarahan Spp. of Myristicaceae Very Easy Good
Perupok Lophopetalum spp. Difficult Poor
Terentang Campnosperma spp. Easy Excellent
SOFTWOOD (Conifers)
Damar Minyak Agathis borneensis Extremely Easy Excellent
Podo Podocarpus spp. n.a. -
MEDIUM HARDWOOD
Kulim Scorodocarpus borneensis Average Very Poor
Keruing Dipterocarpus spp. Average Very Poor
Kempas Koompassia malaccensis Easy Poor
Mengkulang Heritiera spp. Average Good
Merpauh Swintonia spp. Very Easy Good to Very Poor
Meransi Carallia spp. Average n.a.
Mata Ulat Kokoona spp. Very Difficult n.a.
Rengas Gluta spp. Very Difficult Excellent
Punah Tetramerista glabra Average Good
Tualang Koompassia excelsa Easy Good
Simpoh Dillenia spp. Easy Poor
Kasai Pometia spp. Very Difficult Good
Kelat Eugenia spp. Difficult Poor
Keledang Artocarpus spp. Very Difficult Good
Kapur Dryobalanops spp. Difficult Poor
Merawan Hopea spp. Difficult Very Poor
HEAVY HARDWOOD
Balau Shorea spp. Very Difficult Very Poor
Bitis Madhuca utilis, palaquium ridleyi & P. Stellatum Difficult Very Poor
Chengal Neobalanocarpus heimii Moderately Difficult Very Poor
Giam Hopea spp. Very Difficult Very Poor
Red Balau Shorea spp. Very Difficult Poor
Merbau Intsia palembanica Very Difficult Very Poor
Tembusu Fagraea spp. Very Difficult Good
Resak Vatica spp. Very Difficult n.a.
Keranji Dialium spp. Difficult Good
Kekatong Cynometra spp. Very Difficult Poor