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The timber is moderately hard and moderately heavy with a density of 530-920 kg/m3 air dry. The timber is non-durable. The heartwood is easy to impregnate with preservatives. Texture is rather fine and even, with interlocked and frequently irregular grain. The timber falls into Strength Group B (Burgess, 1958). t is fairly easy to easy to resaw and cross-cut and is easy to slightly difficult to plane. The finish is, however, smooth. Nailing property ranges from excellent in Schima to poor in Adinandra.
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