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  2. Dipterocarpus grandiflorus - Wikipedia

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    Its wood is used to produce good quality charcoal, paper pulp, and timber sold under the Keruing designation. Its gum is used locally as a waterproofing varnish . The tree itself is very useful for nitrogen fixing, erosion control, soil improvement, and watershed regulation.

  3. Dipterocarpus turbinatus - Wikipedia

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    Dipterocarpus turbinatus (Khmer chhë tië:l dâ:ng; [3] India gurjan, [4] gurjun, [4] gurgina; Tagalog mayapis; [5] Chinese 羯布罗香 jie bu luo xiang; [6] Malay language keruing, [4] the last an international name for Dipterocarpus wood) is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae native to north-eastern India and mainland Southeast Asia, and cultivated in surrounding regions.

  4. Apitong - Wikipedia

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    Apitong may refer to: Apitong, Boac, a barangay of Boac, Marinduque, Philippines; A barangay of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines; Barangay 92 of Tacloban City, Philippines; Wood of the Dipterocarpus grandiflorus tree; A character in the Philippine fantasy-themed television series Encantadia

  5. Dipterocarp timber classification - Wikipedia

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    The following table associates tree species, wood name and wood colour. The Dipterocarp timber classification system was developed by Colin Fraser Symington (1905-1943), a forester at the Malayan Forestry Service, and H. E. Desch, who researched comparative wood anatomy.

  6. Dipterocarpus - Wikipedia

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    The genus is of considerable importance as timber trees and for producing resinous oil. The oil is sold under the trade names gurjun oil, kanyin oil, wood oil, and Keruing oil. [5] D. turbinatus, gurjan, is a major commercial timber species found in the Andaman islands. Gurjan wood is very important for making plywood.

  7. Tonewood - Wikipedia

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    Tonewood refers to specific wood varieties used for woodwind or acoustic stringed instruments. The word implies that certain species exhibit qualities that enhance acoustic properties of the instruments, but other properties of the wood such as aesthetics and availability have always been considered in the selection of wood for musical instruments.

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  9. Shorea astylosa - Wikipedia

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    Yakal is a medium to large tree about 25 to 30 meters tall. Its wood is hard and dark brownish-yellow, its branchlets slender, blackish, and slightly hairy. Its leaves are coriaceous, ovate to lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate or apex acuminate. The base are rounded to cuneate, glabrous above and slightly hairy underneath.