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PAHUTAN (Mangifera altissima)
Trade Name
Pahutan
Scientific Name
Mangifera altissima Blco
Family
Anacardiaceae
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
Generally straight and tall, attaining a diameter up to 90 cm, Trunk cylindrical, 15 to 20mm long. Buttress small.
Natural Habitat
Chiefly in primary lowland, inland forests, sometimes coastal foreast realy up to 400m altitude. Widely distributed in Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Auroa, Palawan, Zamboanga, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del sur, davao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Mindoro and Quezo
Natural Distribution
Malesia: Sualawesi, Moluccas, Lesser Sundra Islands, New guinea, S. New Britain, Solomon Isalands.
Non Timber Uses
Very difficult to treat.
Wood Identification
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Color
Sapwood very thick 8 to 10 cm; light colored with yellowish tinge, distinctly marked off from the heartwood which is dark brown with a narrow almost black longitudinal bands.
COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)
4
Grain
grain generally straight
Texture
texture moderately fine. Fiber dense.
Natural Durability
Slightly durable.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
2
Wood Physical Properties
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.55
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
648
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
209
Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
94
Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)
440
Workability
Sawing
Easy to saw.
Machining
Good machining property.
Finishing
Very good.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
HOUSING GENERAL, frames, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, cabinets, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, faces, cores, SPORTS, bowling polo balls, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, guitar, door core
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
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
Balls Bowling Polo
- 40 - Internet
Guitar
- 65 - Maderas latinoamericanas VI. Bursera simaruba. Poulsenia armata, Pterocarpus officinalis y Ficus werckleana
Door Cores
- 76 - Descripción General y Anatómica de 105 Maderas del Grupo Andino.
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