| Scientific Name | Grewia tiliifolia Vahl |
| Trade Name | Dhaman |
| Local Name | Unnam, Chadachi |
| Family | Tiliaceae |
| Tree Size | Medium sized |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 20 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 60 |
| Tree Distribution | Southern moist mixed deciduous, teak bearing and semi-evergreen forests |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Yellowish white or pale white |
| Heartwood Colour | Reddish brown with dark streaks |
| Hardness | Hard to moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.68 |
| Weight | Heavy to moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 785 |
| Texture | Medium coarse textured |
| Grain | Straight grained |
| Growth Rings | Distinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Medium sized |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary and in radial multiples of two to three, rearly in tangential rows of 3-4 |
| Vessel Diameter | 140 - 220 180 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 250 - 670 670 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Polygonal |
| Pit Size | Small to medium (6-9 µm),non-vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Alternate and pit outline polygonal and occurs throughout the ray cell |
| Ray Nature | Fine to broad, few and widely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | 1-8 seriate. Aggregate rays also present. Heterogeneous with procumbent, square and upright cells.Body of ray made up of procumbent cells with 2 or 3 marginal rows of square or upright cells. |
| Ray Number | 6 - 8 |
| Ray Height | 340 - 830 550 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin to thick walled,non-septate; minutely bordered pits on radial walls |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 912.9 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 148200 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 1301.9 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 163900 |
| Uses | Boat and ship building ,beams and rafters, piles, cooperage, ballies, fence posts, brush ware, furniture and cabinets, tool handles, musical instruments, mathematical, engineering and drawing instruments, lorry and bus bodies, carts and carriages, fuel wood, boards & panels, cooperage, piles & posts, bentwood articles, masts, oars, spokes, felloes, mine props, shafts, textile mill accessories shuttles, bobbins, cricket stumps and bails. |
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