THIT PAGAN (Millettia brandisiana)
Trade Name
Thit pagan
Scientific Name
Millettia brandisiana Kurz
Family
LEGUMINOSAE
Common Names
Thit pagan (Myanmar)
Description Of The Tree
Botanical Description
It is a medium sized tree, up to 12 to 18 m tall and a diameter of 120 to 180 cm.
Wood Identification
Anatomic Description Of Wood
Vessels per mm2 5 to 20. Wood diffuse porous. 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 medium, 7 to 10 micras. Simpl Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Axial parenchyma aliform. Axial parenchyma confluent. 3 to 4 cells per parenchyma strand. Occasionally axial parenchyma storied. Rays storied. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays 1 to 4 seriate. Homogeneous rays and/or sub-homogeneous rays (all ray cells procumbent). Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits. Fibers very thick walled.
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Wood Macro Photo Tangential Plane
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Wood Micro Photo Of Transversal Section
Availability
Cites Status
Unrestricted
General Wood Description
Color
The color of the wood is yellow to yellowish brown.
Grain
The grain is usually straight.
Texture
The texture of the wood is frequently coarse.
Wood Physical Properties
Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)
0.53
Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)
0.57
Wood Chemical Properties
Wood Mechanical Properties
Workability
REFERENCED USES
End Uses Summary
PACKING, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, matches
Packing
- 45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas
Matches
- 71 - Proprietes physiques et mecaniques des bois tropicaux, premier supplement
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