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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Physical and mechanical properties of batai, ludai, mahang, and sesendok in comparison with other well-known plantation timbers

From: Anatomical, physical, and mechanical properties of four pioneer species in Malaysia

Species

Density (kg/m3)

T

R

L

MOR (Nm m−2)

MOE (Nm m−2)

Compression parallel to grain (Nm m−2)

Shear parallel to grain (Nm m−2)

Batai

293d

3.0a

2.4a

0.8a

36.9d

5143d

22.9c

5.8d

(Paraserianthes moluccana)

(78.0)

(0.9)

(0.9)

(0.4)

(14.1)

(1453)

(4.8)

(1.3)

Ludai

438c

2.4b

1.1c

0.3b

65.9c

7582c

32.0b

7.6c

(Sapium baccatum)

(38.0)

(0.6)

(0.3)

(0.1)

(7.5)

(885.3)

(2.8)

(1.3)

Mahang

493ab

2.4b

1.5b

0.5b

74.0b

8056b

32.4b

8.7b

(Macaranga gigantea)

(35.0)

(0.6)

(0.8)

(0.1)

(9.0)

(938)

(3.9)

(1.4)

Sesendok

514a

2.7ab

1.7b

0.8a

79.5a

9209a

38.7a

10.1a

(Endospermum malaccense)

(50.5)

(0.8)

(0.8)

(0.3)

(8.8)

(1229)

(3.4)

(1.9)

Rubberwood*

503-553

81.3

8564

33.6

12.5

(Hevea brasiliensis)

Eucalyptus grandis **

517

84.0

8412

52.0

8.0

  1. Values in parentheses are standard deviation. Cells value differing by a letter (a,b,c,d) in the superscript in each column are significantly different at the 0.05 probability level
  2. T tangential, R radial, L longitudinal
  3. * [27], ** [42, 43]