| MALAYSIAN |
SPECIE
Common /
Botanical names |
COLOUR |
GRAIN
& TEXTURE |
DENSITY
kg/m3
(air dried) |
STRENGTH
GROUP |
 |
KEMPAS
Koompassia malaccensis |
pink
/ light red to reddish brown, sapwood is yellow and is well defined |
very
interlocked grain with coarse texture |
770-1120 |
A |
 |
KEMBANG
SEMANGKOK
scaphium spp. |
yellow
brown to light brown, sapwood is lighter shade and not obvious |
generally
straight, or with shallow interlocked grains and broad rays |
515-755 |
C |
 |
BALAU,
RED (membantu)
shorea spp. |
medium
red-brown, with light yellowish brown sapwood |
deeply
interlocked grain, with moderately fine texture |
700-880 |
B |
 |
MERBAU
intsia palembanica |
yellowish
to orange brown, with pale yellow well defined sapwood |
interlocked
grain, with coarse texture |
515-1040 |
B |
 |
KERUING
dipterocarpus spp. |
medium
brown to dark red-brown, with grey-brown sapwood |
straight
to deeply interlocked grains |
690-945 |
B |
 |
RUBBERWOOD
hevea brasilliensis |
pale
cream yellow with pink tinge, without differentation of sapwood. |
shallowly
interlocked grain, with moderately even texture |
560-640 |
B |
| SURINAM |
SPECIE
Common /
Botanical names |
COLOUR |
GRAIN
& TEXTURE |
DENSITY
kg/m3
(air dried) |
STRENGTH
GROUP |
 |
BASRALOCUS
(angelique) dicorynia guinanensis |
reddish
brown to yellowish brown, distinctive grey-brownish white sapwood |
straight,
some interlocked grain and uniform texture |
650-650 |
B |
 |
WANA
ocotea rubra spp. |
yellow
to grey brown, with light yellow to reddish brown heartwood |
course
texture with straight grain and highly interlocked |
350-1000 |
C |
 |
BOLLETRI
(balata) manilkara bidentata |
grey
brown to dark purple brown, with distinctive whitish / pale brown sapwood |
fine
texture, straight grain with occasional wave or interlock |
900-1200 |
A |