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  2. 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. [1]

  3. Dipterocarpus - Wikipedia

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    The genus has about 70 species, [2] occurring in South Asia and Southeast Asia, from Sri Lanka and India to the Philippines. [3] It is an important component of dipterocarp forests. Its generic name comes from Greek and means "two-winged fruits". The greatest diversity of Dipterocarpus species occurs on Borneo, with many endemic to the island.

  4. 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.

  5. Dipterocarpus grandiflorus - Wikipedia

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    It often grows close to the sea. In the Andaman Islands it is a predominant upper-canopy forest species together with Dipterocarpus kerrii and Dipterocarpus gracilis. In the Philippines it is found in lauan (mixed dipterocarp) and broadleaved forests. [1] The species' habitat is currently in decline in quality and extent across its native range ...

  6. Shorea astylosa - Wikipedia

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    Shorea astylosa is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is known as yakal in the Filipino language. 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.

  7. List of woods - Wikipedia

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    FSC Lesser Known Timber Species; NCSU Inside Wood project; Reproduction of The American Woods: exhibited by actual specimens and with copious explanatory text by Romeyn B. Hough; US Forest Products Laboratory, "Characteristics and Availability of Commercially Important Wood" from the Wood Handbook Archived 2021-01-18 at the Wayback Machine PDF ...

  8. Philippine mahogany - Wikipedia

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    Philippine mahogany is a common name for several different species of trees and their wood. Botanically, the name refers to Toona calantas in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines. In the US timber trade, it is often applied to wood of the genus Shorea in the family Dipterocarpaceae.

  9. Pterocarpus indicus - Wikipedia

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    Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra [3] (from Tagalog [4]) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus of the Sweet Pea Family (Papillionaceae) native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in ...

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