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Kandis
Garcinia latissima Miq.
CLUSIACEAE
Garcinia; Buwsa (Vietnam); Kandis; Bunog (Philippines); Cha muang (Thailand)
Pentaphalangium latissimum (Miq.) Lauterb
It is an evergreen, small to medium-sized tree up to 10 m tall. The bole and straight and cylindrical.
Garcinia is found scattered in the second storey trees of primary lowland or montane rainforest, up to 900 m of altitude.
Wood diffuse porous. Tyloses common. Vessels per mm2 5 to 20. Vessel-ray pits reticulate and/or foraminate. Simple perforation plates. Intervessel pits medium, 7 to 10 micras. Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Occasionally prismatic crystals in non-chambered axial parenchyma cells. 3 to 4 cells per parenchyma strand. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Occasionally larger rays more than 4 seriate. Prismatic crystals in radial alignment in procumbent ray cells (chambered cells). Body ray cells procumbent with mostly 2 to 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-II) Septate fibers present. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
Unrestricted
The sapwood is not clearly differentiated from the heartwood, which is light yellow to light brown-yellow-white.
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The grain is straight or irregular
Texture of this species is reported to vary from fine to moderately fine and even.
The luster is very low.
This species is considered as moderately durable. The heartwood is moderately resistant to dry wood termites.
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Back sawn boards are prone to warp.
For G. latissima a retention of about 320 kg/m3 has been determined.
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UK-B; US-T2-C2
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Sawing of this species is easy.
The wood has a moderate blunting effect.
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Wood of this species gives a good finish.
EXTERIOR GENERAL, bridges, poles, stakes posts, HOUSING GENERAL, beams, joists, flooring, TURNING, TOOLS, tool handles, PACKING, pallets, CONTAINERS, truck bodies, truck flooring, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, shingle
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