| Scientific Name | Palaquium ellipticum(Dalz.)Engl. |
| Trade Name | Pali |
| Local Name | Pali |
| Family | Sapotaceae |
| Tree Size | Large |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 30 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 110 |
| Tree Distribution | West coast tropical evergreen forest,Southern hill-top tropical evergreen forest |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Pale pink |
| Heartwood Colour | Reddish brown |
| Hardness | Moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.53 |
| Weight | Moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 606 |
| Texture | Medium coarse textured |
| Grain | Straight to somewhat wavy grain |
| Growth Rings | Indistinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Medium to small sized |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary and in radial multiples of two to four, occasionally in clusters |
| Vessel Diameter | 175 - 330 270 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 420 - 685 685 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Oval with distinct border |
| Pit Size | Medium to large(7-11 µm),vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Simple, larger and rounded with much reduced border |
| Ray Nature | Fine,numerous and closely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | Two to three seriate with heterogeneous type lll. Body of uniseriate rays wholly made up of square cells and multiseriate rays with procumbent cells and marginal rows of square cells |
| Ray Number | 12 - 17 |
| Ray Height | 360 - 730 500 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin to thick walled,non-septate; simple pits on radial walls |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 697 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 118600 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 1080 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 141500 |
| Uses | Railway sleepers, furniture, tool handles, general constructional works and plywood making, window & door frames, low quality furniture, bentwood articles, joinery & interior fittings, masts, planking and mine props |
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