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Species

Major species: A mono-specific timber.

General Characteristics

Sapwood: Dark yellow brown or light red brown, moderately differentiated from darker coloured heartwood. Heartwood: Red brown to purple red brown. Texture: Fine and even; grain interlocked. Weight (Air-dry): Wood hard and heavy, ranging from 50-69 lb/cu.ft. with an average of 56 lb/cu ft. Durability: Moderately durable to durable under exposed condition.

Structure

Growth rings present and demarcated by layers to darker coloured tissue without vessels or parenchyma. Vessels numerous, medium sized; mostly in radial groups of 3 to 5, with some radial pairs and solitary, vessels; mostly open but occassionally filled with tyloses and yellow-white deposits; perforation plates scalariform. Wood Parenchyma visible only with a lens; apotracheal, in reticulate narow line running from ray to ray except in growth ring boundaries. Rays very fine, just visible with a lens; mot conspicuous on radial surface. Ripple marks absent. Intercellular canals not observed.

Other Features

Lather test Produces a slight lather .

Uses

The timber is suitable for piling, posts, heavy and medium construction under cover, furniture manufacture, strip flooring, pallets,boxes and crates.