Botanical Name | : | Koompassia malaccensis |
Family | : | Leguminosae |
General Characteristics | : | Heartwood is pinkish when fresh and darkening to bright orange-red or deep brown, sapwood is well defined and yellow in colour. Texture is coarse and even; Grain is interlocked, often very interlocked. |
Air-dry density | : | 770 – 1120 kg/m3 |
Drying and Shrinkage | : | Seasons fairly slowly with little or no defects. Shrinkage: Radial 2.0%; Tangential 3.0%. |
Strength Group | : | A |
Durability | : | Moderately durable |
Treatability | : | Easy |
Usage | : | Suitable for heavy construction, railway sleepers, transmission posts, beams, joists, bridges, wharves, fence posts, pilling, parquet and strip flooring, paneling, heavy-duty furniture, heavy -duty pallets, boxes, crates and tool handles. |