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Mahogany Teak |
Origin: South-East Asian
Foreign Name: Nidundu
Other Name: Dahoma
Appearance & Properties: Air-dry Density 0.7g/cm3, strong luster, good smell, fine structure, clear
texture, anti-termite, suit for door, flooring and furniture etc. |
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Hymenaea spp. |
Origin: Burma
Foreign Name: Jatoba
Common Name: Basralokus
Usefulness: Density of air-drying is 0.84-0.93g/cm3, the material is heavy, we call it "iron wood", the grain
crisscross.Used for ship and car, furniture, flooring and roof truss. |
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Koompasia spp |
Origin: Indonesia
Foreign Name: Manggis
Common Name: Kempas
Usefulness: Density of air-drying is 0.85-1.02g/cm3, the
wood is hardness and dryness, and the grain crisscross.
This species has an interlocked, sometimes spiraled grain,
is fairly lusterous, and is coarse in texture. Kempas’s uses
include flooring, chairs, railroad ties, shingles, cabinets,
and veneer. |
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White Oak |
Origin: European
Foreign Name: Jarrah,karri
Common Name: White Oak
Appearance & Properties: Air-dry Density: 0.74-0.76g/cm3.
With coarse texture, fine structure, exceptional stability
and excellent anti-shocking performance, White Oak is
heavy, notably stiff and dense. Due to the high oak, it is
concentration of tannic acid in white particularly resistant
to fungi and insects. |
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Couratari spp |
Origin:North America
Foreign Name: Tauari
Usefulness: Density of air-drying is 0.80-0.87g/cm3.Tauari is
a cream to light brown colored wood. With straight or
uniformly interlocked grain and generally coarse to medium
texture, this wood shows slight tendency to warp. |
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Erythrophleum spp (Tali) |
Common Name:Missanda
Place of Origin: Nigeria, Tanzania, Venezuela,etc.
Usefulness: Air-dried wood density 0.91-1.118 g/cm2.
Abnormal or interlaced texture, heavy wood, big intensity,
slows drying, corrosion-proof, ant and insect resisting. It
is widely used in bridge, dock, flooring, vehicle, ship etc. |
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