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Pelos
Harpullia arborea (Blanco) Radkl.
SAPINDACEAE
Lalilali (Sabah); Sakubing (Sabah); Pelos (Indonesia); Apoh (Sarawak); Pelus (Indonesia); Buluan (Indonesia); Uas (Philippines); Krapok ling (Thailand); Hom klai dong (Thailand); Hang kaen (Thailand); Puas (Philippines); Magalad (Philippines)
Harpullia tomentosa Ridley; Harpullia pedicellaris Radlk.; Harpullia imbricata (Blume) Thwaites
It is a tree to 33 m tall, 60 cm in diameter. The bole is straight to crooked, 80 cm in diameter, sometimes fluted at the base. Occasionally small buttresses up to 2 m high are reported.
It is found in primary or secondary rain forest, up to 1,200 m of altitude in a wide range of habitats.
Wood diffuse porous. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 200 micras or more (large). Colored deposits in heartwood vessels. Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits similar to intervessel pits in size and shape. Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma storied. Siliceous bodies in the axial parenchyma cells. A 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays storied. Larger rays more than 4 seriate. Sheath cells. Silica bodies in the ray cells. Body ray cells procumbent with mostly 2 to 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-II). Fibers with distinctly bordered pits. Fibers storied.
Unrestricted
The heartwood is pale brown with a purple-red hue or yellow-brown, not differentiated from the paler sapwood.
The grain is usually straight or slightly wavy.
The texture varies from fine to medium.
It is relatively durable under cover or in protected situations.
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Ease of Drying: Sungkai dries fairly rapidly without serious defects. Boards of 25 mm thick take about 2 months to air dry. Drying Defects: Checking may occur while drying.
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This species is reported to have good characteristics for lamination.
This species is reported to have good characteristics for lamination.
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