Indonesian Hardwood Trees

Indonesian mahogany suren toona sureni sapele entandrophragma cylindricum sipo utile entandrophragma utile tiama entandrophragma angolense kosipo entandrophragma candollei mountain mahogany bottle tree entandrophragma caudatumi indian mahogany chickrassy chittagong wood chukrasia velutina.

Indonesian hardwood trees.

Originates from evergreen forest at 400 1 200 m altitude. For the functions ulin wood is beneficial in construction field. The hardwood is also called as rain tree and monkey pod. It s a delight to watch large boats made out of hardwood trees raced over the water on this special day.

Older trees with buttresses up to 6 m high and reaching 2 m out from a bole. Timber medium hardwood termite resistant. Ulin eusiderxylon zwageri ulin or belian as its famous nickname is a common trees in indonesia that grows in kalimantan island. A teak tree can grow up to 40 meters high with a diameter of up to 1 5 meter.

Teakwood tectona grandis is a tropical hardwood widely used for furniture especially in java indonesia. The color is a combination of black and brown color with a contrast vein or grain on the wood itself. Suar or saman samanea is actually a south american native. Most recognized country which claims suar wood cultivation are thailand hawaii latin america and indonesia.

Hardwood is wood from dicot trees these are usually found in broad leaved temperate and tropical forests. From all of hardwood species that available nowadays there are five types of wood that are often or commonly used by the carpenters or companies in indonesia as main material to make a wide range of furniture products such as tables chairs cabinets doors and many more. Unfortunately these big diameters are rarely found since the trees are cut down long before that to make the furniture. Commonly with black veining and contrasting brown or reddish streaks.

This wood has been used as a building material to make stage house rumah panggung for indonesian local people to make jewelry or even sculptures. Renowned for a number of medical properties. Latex used as glue and cement. Heartwood ranges from a medium brown to nearly black.

Ulin can be categorized as a giant tree species with height up to 30 meters and has 60 120 cm trunk diameters. Another popular indonesian celebrations occur here in the month of august. But it has been spread quickly in the tropical countries. Outer bark brown or yellowish white smooth.

Citation needed in temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen hardwood which come from angiosperm trees contrasts with softwood which are from gymnosperm trees. In fact it grows faster than other any type of hardwood.