| Scientific Name |
Hopea glabra Wight & Arn. |
| Trade Name |
Hopea |
| Local Name |
Ilapongu, Puzha-pongu |
| Family |
Dipterocarpaceae |
| Tree Size |
Medium to large |
| Tree Height ( m ) |
18 - |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) |
60 - |
| Tree Distribution |
Sporadic in West coast semi-evergreen and West coast tropical evergreen forests |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction |
Not distinct |
| Sapwood Colour |
Light greyish or creamy brown often with dark streaks |
| Heartwood Colour |
Light greyish or creamy brown often with dark streaks |
| Hardness |
Hard to very hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green |
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| Weight |
Heavy to very heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content |
1075 - |
| Texture |
Fine |
| Grain |
Interlocked |
| Growth Rings |
Scarcely distinct |
| Porosity |
Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size |
Very small |
| Vessel Arrangement |
Solitary and in radial multiples of 2-5 or in oblique grouping |
| Vessel Diameter |
- |
| Vessel Element Lenght |
- |
| Perforation |
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| Pit Outline |
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| Pit Size |
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| Vessel Ray Pitting |
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| Ray Nature |
Moderately broad to fine, closely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type |
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| Ray Number |
- |
| Ray Height |
- |
| Fibre Walls |
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| Fiber Length |
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| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) |
1067.3 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) |
147900 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) |
1263.7 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) |
160700 |
| Uses |
Building and bridge construction; poles and posts; rice pounders |