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.
Wood Identification
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Wood Macro Photo Tangential Plane
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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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