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Terminalia
Terminalia chebula Retz.
COMBRETACEAE
Sa mao tchet (Cambodia); Sramo (Cambodia); Samo-thai (Thailand); Manja patut (Malaysia); Manja puteri (Malaysia); Manja lawai (Malaysia); Myrobolan noir (France); Myrobalan noir (France); Chebulic myrabolan (United Kingdom); Chebulic myrobalan (United Kingdom); Panga (Myanmar)
Terminalia zeylanica van Heurck & Muell.A; Terminalia tomentella Kurz; Terminalia parviflora Thwaites
It is a medium sized tree up to 30 meters tall, the bole is short, from 6 to 9 m long, usually branchless for up to 10 meters and 130 cm in diameter. This species is a source of tannins.
Terminalia chebula is found scattered in teak forests, mixed deciduous forests and dry evergreen forests, up to 1,000 m of altitude.
This species has been introduced to Peninsular Malaysia.
Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 200 micras or more (large). Vestured pits. Vessel-ray pits similar to intervessel pits in size and shape. Simple perforation plates. Intervessel pits small, 7 micras or less. Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma aliform. Axial parenchyma confluent. Axial parenchyma bands more than 3 cells wide. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays exclusively uniseriate. Homogeneous rays and/or sub-homogeneous rays (all ray cells procumbent).
Unrestricted
Odor or taste are absent.
The sapwood is white to pale yellow brown, slightly demarcated from the yellow brown heartwood.
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The grain is straight.
The texture is fine to medium.
The surface of the wood is naturally moderate in luster.
The wood is moderately durable under natural conditions.
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The wood is not difficult to treat with preservatives.
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This species can be used for lamination.
This species can be used for lamination.
It is easy to machine.
The wood nails well, but pre-boring is often necessary to prevent splitting.
This species is reported to be easy to sand.
The wood finishes well with a slight satin luster, but it might be necessary to use fillers.
Wood of this species is easy to polish.
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