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Penarahan
Myristica buchneriana Warb.
MYRISTICACEAE
Gaa gala (Indonesia); Madut (Papua New Guinea); Nogumur (Papua New Guinea); Ilis (Papua New Guinea)
It is a small to medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall.
Frequently found on ridge tops between 300 and 1,300 m, this tree is an important source of penarahan timber.
Tyloses common. Vessels per mm2 5 to 20. Vessel-ray pits reticulate and/or foraminate. Simple perforation plates. Intervessel pits large, 10 micras or more. Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma bands more than 3 cells wide. Body ray cells procumbent with mostly 2 to 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-II). Body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-III). Fibers with distinctly bordered pits.
Unrestricted
The heartwood is pale brown or brown to orange-brown and distinctly or indistinctly demarcated from the yellowish to pale brown sapwood.
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The grain is straight to slightly interlocked.
The texture is moderately coarse.
The wood is more or less lustrous.
The wood is susceptible to subterranean termite and fungal attack, and indoors it is liable to dry-wood termite and powder-post beetle attack.
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The heartwood is reported to be extremely resistant to impregnation but the sapwood is treatable.
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Ease of Drying: Seasoning is generally easy and rapid with little degrade. Drying Defects: Bowing and twisting are reported. Kiln Schedules: Kiln drying is fairly rapid under moderate schedules.
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Sawmilling of this species is reportedly easy.
This timber is reported to be suitable for lamination.
This timber is reported to be suitable for lamination.
Planing operations are rather easy.
This species is easy to mold.
Boring operations are fair to difficult.
It is easy to mortise.
Nailing is reported as easy.
Gluing of this species is easy.
Wood of this species is easy to sand.
Finishing gives smooth to moderately smooth surfaces.
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