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Species
General Characteristics Sapwood lighter-coloured and moder-ately distinct from heartwood; colour of heartwood dark purple-brown when fresh but losing much of the purple colour after weathering and turning to a dark brown; planed surface dull (without any lustre); stripe figure on radial surface; texture moderately fine and even; grain interlocked; freshly cut wood with a strong garlic-like odour; hard to cut across grain; air dry density averaging 835 kg/m³ (52 lb/ft³); moderately durable on land and believed to be very resistant to toredo attack.
Structure
Growth rings absent.
Other Features
Burning splinter test: Splinter only chars.
Uses This timber is suitable for heavy construction, posts, beams, joists, rafters, truck body construction, container flooring and when treated, suitable for railway sleepers, harbour works, bridges, power-line poles and telegraph poles.
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