| Scientific Name | Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb |
| Trade Name | Bijasal |
| Local Name | Venga |
| Family | Leguminosae |
| Tree Size | Mediun to large |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 15 - 30 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 100 |
| Tree Distribution | Southern moist mixed deciduous forest, Moist teak bearing forest, West coast semi-evergreen and Southern dry mixed deciduous forests |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Pale yellowish white |
| Heartwood Colour | Golden brown with dark streaks |
| Hardness | Moderately hard to hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.67 |
| Weight | Moderately heavy to heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 801 |
| Texture | Fine to medium coarse textured |
| Grain | Interlocked grain |
| Growth Rings | Indistinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous to semi ring porous |
| Vessel Size | Large to medium sized |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary and in radial multiples of two to four, with brown gummy deposits |
| Vessel Diameter | 170 - 290 210 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 320 - 610 610 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Oval |
| Pit Size | Medium to large(9-12 µm),vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Alternate and pit outline oval |
| Ray Nature | Fine,numerous and closely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | One to two seriate, homogeneous type.Body of ray made up of procumbent cells |
| Ray Number | 13 - 18 |
| Ray Height | 210 - 290 240 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin to thick walled,non-septate; simple pits on radial walls |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 745 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 102500 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 1379 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 133900 |
| Uses | Railway sleepers, tool handles, construction purposes like beam, door and window frames, boat building, poles and posts, lorry bodies, toys, charcoal, agricultural implements, fuel wood, sport goods, boards & panels, textile mill accessories, mathematical, engineering and drawing instruments, carts & carriages, joinery & interior fittings, aircraft plywood, wagons, mine props, casks, combs, picture frames and textile mill accessories shuttles |
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