| Scientific Name | Mallotus philippensis(Lamk.)M.-A. |
| Trade Name | Kamala dye tree |
| Local Name | Chenkolli,Kurangumanjal,Noorimaram, Sindhooram |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Tree Size | Small |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 10 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 30 |
| Tree Distribution | West coast tropical evergreen, west coast semi-evergreen forest and moist teak bearing forest |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Not distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Ligh brownish grey or light greyish red,fairly lustrous |
| Heartwood Colour | No distinction between sap wood and heart wood |
| Hardness | Moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.57 |
| Weight | Moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 770 |
| Texture | Medium coarse textured |
| Grain | Straight grained |
| Growth Rings | Distinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Small to medium sized |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary and in radial multiples of two to three rarely in clusters of 3-4 |
| Vessel Diameter | 90 - 130 110 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 320 - 570 570 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Round or ovel |
| Pit Size | Medium to large(9-12 µm),non-vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Rounded with much reduced border to simple found throughout the ray cell |
| Ray Nature | Fine,numerous and closely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | 1-4 seriate,heterogenous type-I. Multiseriate rays with long tail . Body of ray made up of procumbent cells with two or more than four marginal row of square or upright cells.Uniseriate rays made wholly of square cells or upright cells |
| Ray Number | 10 - 15 |
| Ray Height | 330 - 840 510 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin to thick walled,non-septate. Numerous minutely bordered pits on radial walls |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 542 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 75100 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 822 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 89700 |
| Uses | Small turnery articles, pen holders, piling, fuel wood, beams & rafters, match splints & boxes, sport goods, window & door frames, bentwood articles, dyes, pulp making and bobbins |
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