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Malaysian Tigerwood

Dillenia ssp

Trade Names

Simpor, Katmon

Latin Names

Dillenia ssp

Similar to

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.

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