PODOCARP (Podocarpus neriifolius)
Trade Name
Podocarp
Scientific Name
Podocarpus neriifolius D. Don
Family
PODOCARPACEAE
Common Names
Antok (Indonesia); Khunmai (Thailand); Phailamton (Thailand); Phayamai (Thailand); Ka dong (Laos); Thitmin (Myanmar); Mala adelfa (Philippines); Jati bukit (Malaysia); Podo bukit (Malaysia); Kayu cina (Indonesia); Beberas (Indonesia)
Scientific Name Synonyms
Podocarpus leptostachyus Blume; Podocarpus discolor Blume; Nageia neriifolia (D. Don) Kuntze
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
It is a medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 35 m tall. The bole is columnar, branchless for up to 22 m, up to 100 cm in diameter, sometimes spurred or even buttressed.
Natural Habitat
Podocarpus neriifolius is found from the sea level to 2500 m of elevation. It is common in montane rain forest areas, where it grows always scattered. Trade controls, whole tree(Nepal)(CITES,III1,2001.7)
Plantations Available?
Plantations of this species are reported.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium).
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Wood Macro Photo Radial Plane
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Wood Micro Photo Of Transversal Section
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Color
The heartwood is grayish-yellow or pale brown to golden-brown and often not clearly demarcated from the paler sapwood.
COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)
4
Grain
The grain is frequently straight.
Texture
The texture of the wood is fine.
Luster
It is reported to be lustrous.
Natural Durability
The wood is classified as non-durable when used in contact with the ground or exposed to the weather. It is susceptible to attacks of termites, pinhole borers, longhorn beetles and marine borers, but not Lyctus.
Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)
5
Silica Content
Silica Content: It contains 0.3% silica. Silica Value: 0.3
Resistance To Impregnation
The absorption of preservatives by the heartwood is only fair, the sapwood can be treated well.
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.51
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.55
Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
5.7
Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)
3.3
Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule
UK-J; US-T10-D5S
Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)
1.7
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)
1009
Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
109695
Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
571
Compression perpendicular to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
112
Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)
132
Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)
511
Janka hardness (end grain) 12%MC (kgf)
808
Workability
Sawing
This species is easy to saw.
Rotary Veneer Cutting
This species is reported to be interesting for lamination.
Sliced Veneer
This species is reported to be interesting for lamination.
Machining
Wood processing is reported to be easy.
Planing
This species is easy to plane.
Moulding
This species is easy to mold.
Boring
Boring of this species is fair.
Nailing
Nailing properties are good.
Gluing
The timber is reported to glue well.
Sanding
It is easy to sand.
Finishing
Finishing of this species is reportedly easy.
Staining
It has a good staining.
Coatings
Painting or varnishing of this wood is easy.
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
HOUSING GENERAL, beams, flooring, frames, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, cabinets, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, TOOLS, CONTAINERS, cooperage, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, boat oars, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, pencil, shingle, moldings, particleboard
General Housing
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Beams
- 11 - Prospect: The wood database
Flooring
- 14 - Handbook of Hardwoods
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
Panels, Veneers
- 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Tools
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Containers
- 50 - Properties of imported tropical woods
Cooperage
- 51 - Recopilacion de propiedades mecanicas de maderas creciendo en Chile
Shipbuilding
- 55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America
Boat Oars
- 60 - Amazonian Timbers, Characteristics and Utilization Volume II; Curuá-Una Experimental Forest Station
Other & Musical Instruments
- 63 - Madeiras do Brazil II
Handcraft
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
Pencils
- 67 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VIII, Calophyllum brasilense, Couratari panamensis, Dendropanax arboreum y Bombacopsis sessilis
Shingles
- 77 - Amazonian Timbers, Characteristics and Utilization Volume I; Tapajós National Forest
Molding
- 79 - Padronização da Nomenclatura Comercial Brasileira das Madeiras Tropicais Amazônicas, Sugestão
Particleboard
- 80 - Estudio Integral de la Madera para Construcción
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