Indonesian Hardwood Trees

A teak tree can grow up to 40 meters high with a diameter of up to 1 5 meter.

Indonesian hardwood trees.

Originates from evergreen forest at 400 1 200 m altitude. But it has been spread quickly in the tropical countries. Hardwood is wood from dicot trees these are usually found in broad leaved temperate and tropical forests. The hardwood is also called as rain tree and monkey pod.

Commonly with black veining and contrasting brown or reddish streaks. Heartwood can also have a greenish hue. Teakwood tectona grandis is a tropical hardwood widely used for furniture especially in java indonesia. In fact it grows faster than other any type of hardwood.

It s a delight to watch large boats made out of hardwood trees raced over the water on this special day. Latex used as glue and cement. Most recognized country which claims suar wood cultivation are thailand hawaii latin america and indonesia. Diend cultural festival is mainly celebrated in the dieng plateau of java and there is a reason for that.

Ulin eusiderxylon zwageri ulin or belian as its famous nickname is a common trees in indonesia that grows in kalimantan island. Older trees with buttresses up to 6 m high and reaching 2 m out from a bole. Sharply demarcated sapwood is a pale yellow to tan color and is typically present on most pieces. Unfortunately these big diameters are rarely found since the trees are cut down long before that to make the furniture.

Heartwood ranges from a medium brown to nearly black. Timber medium hardwood termite resistant. Outer bark brown or yellowish white smooth. Suar or saman samanea is actually a south american native.

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. 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. The color is a combination of black and brown color with a contrast vein or grain on the wood itself. Ulin can be categorized as a giant tree species with height up to 30 meters and has 60 120 cm trunk diameters.

For the functions ulin wood is beneficial in construction field. Renowned for a number of medical properties.