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MALAK-MALAK (Palaquium philippense)

Trade Name

Malak-Malak

Scientific Name

Palaquium philippense (Perr.) C. B. Rob.

Family

Sapotaceae

Description Of The Tree

Botanical Description

Attains a diameter of 120 cm. Bole cylindrical, straight, 10 to 12m long; buttress small.

Natural Habitat

Endemic, common in primary forest at low and medium altitudes. Reported in Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, Palawan, Mindoro, Panay, Negos, Zamboanga.

Non Timber Uses

Difficult to treat.

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Wood Identification

  • Wood Macro Photo Tangential Plane
  • Wood Micro Photo Of Transversal Section

Availability

Cites Status

Unrestricted

General Wood Description

Color

Sapwood 2 to 4 cm thick, not so sharply distinguished from the heartwood which is reddish brown

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

4

Grain

grain straight

Texture

texture moderately fine. Fiber comparatively dense.

Natural Durability

Non-durable.

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

5

Wood Physical Properties

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

0.41

Wood Chemical Properties

Wood Mechanical Properties

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

589

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

276

Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

83

Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)

414

Workability

Sawing

Easy to saw.

Machining

Fair machining property.

Finishing

Good to Very Good.

REFERENCED USES

End Uses Summary

HOUSING GENERAL, flooring, frames, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, cabinets, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, faces, cores, TOOLS, tool handles, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, pencil, door core, moldings

Flooring
  • 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
Frames
  • 16 - Woods of the World
Furniture Cabinets
  • 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Cabinet
  • 24 - Empire Timbers
Faces
  • 26 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO
Cores
  • 27 - Embassy of Brazil in Japan
Tool Handles
  • 43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)
Pencils
  • 67 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VIII, Calophyllum brasilense, Couratari panamensis, Dendropanax arboreum y Bombacopsis sessilis
Door Cores
  • 76 - Descripción General y Anatómica de 105 Maderas del Grupo Andino.
Molding
  • 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão

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