Category :    Light Hardwoods

Species

General Characteristics

Sapwood not differentiated from heartwood by colour; wood is white or pale cream in colour, sometimes having a pinkish tinge, weathering to a light straw or light brown colour; planed surface not particularly lustrous; tangential surfaces may have zig-zag markings produced by the presence of wood parenchyma; texture ranges from moder¬ately coarse to coarse and even; grain ranges from straight to shallowly interlocked; air dry density ranges from 560 to 640 kg/m³ (35 to 40 lb/ft³); not durable in contact with the ground or in exposed conditions.

Structure

Growth rings absent but the presence of parenchyma bands may simulate growth rings feature.
Vessels with simple perforation; moderately large to large; few are solitary with the majority in radial pairs or multiples of up to 4; occasionally radial multiples of 5 to 8 may be found. Clustering of pores is fairly common and pores distributed without any arrangement. Tyloses are abundant. Vessel lines are conspicuously present as coarse scratches on the longitudinal surface.

Other Features

Burning splinter test : Splinter burns to ash.
Froth test: Negative.

Uses