MEDANG (Litsea magnifica)
Trade Name
Medang
Scientific Name
Litsea magnifica Boerl.
Family
LAURACEAE
Common Names
Medang
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
It is a small tree.
Natural Habitat
Litsea magnifica is locally frequent in lowlands and hill forests.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Vessels per mm2 5 to 20. Tyloses common. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 to 200 micras. Vessel-ray pits reticulate and/or foraminate. Simple perforation plates. Intervessel pits large, 10 micras or more. Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits simila Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma aliform. Oil and/or mucilage cells in axial parenchyma (idioblasts). Larger rays more than 4 seriate. Body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-III). Fibers with distinctly bordered pits.
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Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Odor
It is reported to have a characteristic odor.
Color
The heartwood usually ranges from pale olive-brown or creamy yellow to dark greenish-brown. The sapwood is often not distinctly demarcated from the heartwood.
COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)
5
Grain
The grain is straight or slightly to moderately interlocked.
Texture
This species is reported to have a moderately fine and even texture.
Natural Durability
The wood is generally not durable and it is susceptible to fungal and Lyctus attack.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
5
Resistance To Impregnation
The sapwood is reported to be easy to preserve but the heartwood is untreatable.
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.40
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.43
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying: In Malaysia, boards 15 mm thick are reported to require 2 to 3 months to reach air-dry condition. Drying Defects: Slight end-splitting, bowing and cupping may also occur.
Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule
UK-H
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
536
Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
99000
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
316
Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
16
Workability
Sawing
Sawmilling of this species is reportedly easy to slightly difficult.
Planing
Planing operations are rather easy.
Nailing
It is easy to nail.
Finishing
Finishing properties are rated as good to fair.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
HOUSING GENERAL, boards, panelling, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, TOOLS, tool handles, agricultural tools, PACKING, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts
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
Paneling
- 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
Furniture Cabinets
- 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Tools
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Tool Handles
- 43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)
Agricultural Tools
- 44 - Atlas of Peruvian Woods
Packing
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Handcraft
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
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