Trade Names
Simpor, Katmon
Similar Woods
Australisch Silky Walnut
Origin
Asia, South-East Asia
Range
Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia. The trees reach heights of up to 35 meters and grow in evergreen tropical rain forests.
Uses
In its indigenous regions, Dillenia is used primarily as construction wood and lumber for cabinetry. As veneer, it is used only seldom outside its countries of origin yet, however, since veneer qualities in this wood species are quite rare, large quantities can certainly not be provided anyway.
Properties
The wood is reddish with clearly set-off black and highly decorative stripes. Due to deposits in their pores, the stripes show fine, white spots which are evenly distributed over the surface. After surface treatment, the wood shines very decoratively.
Machining
Machining presents no problem, the ne sawdust tends to agglutinate the saw blade.
Seasoning
Seasoning needs to be done gently, slowly and carefully.
Finishing
All surface treatments can be applied without difficulty.
Jointing
Gluing requires great care and screw joints only hold poorly.