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KEMIRI (Aleurites moluccana)

Trade Name

Kemiri

Scientific Name

Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.

Family

EUPHORBIACEAE

Common Names

Tingkih; Tel-kekuna; Singapore nut; Rata-kekuna; Pidekan; Peridjah; Moentjang; Miri; Lekong; Kukui; Kereh; Keminting; Kemiling; Kemili; Kembiri; Kawiloe; Kamiri; Kamieh; Kamere; Kaleli; Jaiphal; Indian walnut; Goum ne wet; Gambiri; Derekan; Candlenut siris; Candlenut; Camiri nut; Buah keras; Boewah kareh; Belgaum walnut; Bancoulier; Akrod; Lumbang (Philippines); Kemiri; Beraoe (India); Candlenut tree (Philippines); Mepepe

Scientific Name Synonyms

Jatropha moluccana L.; Croton moluccanum L.; Aleurites triloba J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.; Aleurites moluccana var. serotina O. Deg. & Sherff; Aleurites ambinux Pers.

Description Of The Tree

Botanical Description

It is a large tree, with boles of 10 to 20 m. The bole is long, cylindrical, distinctly tapering, erect or straight at times crooked or bent. The buttresses are very low, almost absent, rounded.

Natural Habitat

It occurs in low altitudes, up to 1,000 m of altitude, in humid mixed rain forests.

Natural Distribution

It is probably a native of the Pacific, New Guinea, northern Queensland and the Malay Archipelago but naturalized in Hawaii, Sri Lanka and New Caledonia.

Non Timber Uses

The sawdust may cause allergic reactions like sore throat and headache.

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Wood Identification

Anatomic Description Of Wood

Wood diffuse porous. Vessels exclusively solitary (over 90%). Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Simple perforation plates. Intervessel pits large, 10 micras or more. Axial parenchyma reticulate. Axial parenchyma scalariform. Prismatic crystals in non-chambered axial parenchyma cells. Prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells and/or in fibers. Body ray cells procumbent with mostly 2 to 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-II). Fibers with distinctly bordered pits.

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Availability

Cites Status

Unrestricted

General Wood Description

Color

The sapwood and heartwood are silver-white with slight yellowish reflections.

COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)

7

Grain

It has straight grain.

Texture

The texture of the wood is fine.

Natural Durability

The wood is non-durable when exposed to the weather.

Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)

5

Resistance To Impregnation

The sapwood is permeable, but the heartwood is moderately resistant to impregnation.

Wood Physical Properties

Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)

0.33

Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)

0.35

Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)

5.0

Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)

2.6

Drying Defects

Ease of Drying: Air seasoning is reported to be easy and rapid, without seriously degrade. Drying Defects: It often darkens considerately on drying. Kiln drying may result in slight warping and splitting. Kiln Schedules: Schedule recommended for Lampati. For lighter color timbers USDF schedule T10-D5S or UK schedule J are recommended.

Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)

1.9

Wood Chemical Properties

Wood Mechanical Properties

Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)

360

Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

69000

Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

180

Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)

122

Janka hardness (end grain) 12%MC (kgf)

143

Workability

Sawing

Cutting resistance is generally low.

Moulding

It is easy to mold.

Nailing

Nailing behavior is reportedly fair.

Finishing

The behavior in finishing is fair.

Staining

Staining behavior is fair.

Coatings

It paints and varnishes well.

Response To Hand Tools

The wood responds well to hand tools.

REFERENCED USES

End Uses Summary

HOUSING GENERAL, boards, SPORTS, TOOLS, tool handles, PACKING, food container, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, shoes, matches, moldings, paper

General Housing
  • 10 - Silica in Timbers
Boards
  • 13 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section III. Latin American (Mexico, Central, and South America) Woods–Conventional Temperatures
Sports
  • 38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Tools
  • 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Tool Handles
  • 43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)
Packing
  • 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Food Container
  • 49 - Mechanical properties of certain tropical woods
Shoes
  • 70 - Proprietes physiques et mecaniques des bois tropicaux de l`union francaise
Matches
  • 71 - Proprietes physiques et mecaniques des bois tropicaux, premier supplement
Molding
  • 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
Paper
  • 82 - Compilation of Data on the Mechanical Properties of Foreign woods (Part 2) Central and South America.

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