MTIB Malaysian Timber Industry Board : BINTANGOR

STANDARD NAME

BINTANGOR

(Light Hardwood)

Family

Guttiferae

BOTANICAL NAME

Calophyllum spp.

DISTRIBUTION

Occurs widely from lowland forests to upper mountain forests. It is also abundant in some peat swamp forests.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The sapwood is well-defined from the heartwood, which is deep red, red-brown, pinkbrown or orange-brown in colour.

Grain is interlocked.

Texture is moderately coarse to coarse and uneven.

Vessels are medium-sized to moderately large and occasionally very large, with simple perforations; exclusively solitary and are grouped irregularly in obliquely radial festoons or small clusters. Tyloses and gum deposits are occasionally abundant.

Wood parenchyma is abundant, apotracheal in widely spaced concentric bands, visible to the naked eye on all surfaces.

Rays are very fine, not visible to the naked eye.

USES

Suitable for light construction, flooring, partitioning, panelling, joinery, furniture, spars and masts of boats, veneer, plywood and wooden pallets.