| Scientific Name | Terminalia crenulata Roth |
| Trade Name | Laurel |
| Local Name | Thembavu, Karimaruthu |
| Family | Combretaceae |
| Tree Size | Medium to large |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 15 - 30 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 100 |
| Tree Distribution | West coast semi-evergreen, Moist teak bearing, Southern moist mixed deciduous and Southern dry mixed deciduous forests |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Pinkish white to pinkish grey or pale grey |
| Heartwood Colour | Deep brown with dark streaks |
| Hardness | Hard to very hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.86 |
| Weight | Heavy to very heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 880 |
| Texture | Coarse textured |
| Grain | Straight to interlocked grain |
| Growth Rings | Distinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Large to medium sized |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary and in radial multiples of two to three forming oblique arrangement; with brownish gummy deposits |
| Vessel Diameter | 190 - 350 265 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 270 - 630 630 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Polygonal |
| Pit Size | Large(9-12 µm),vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Alternate and pit outline polygonal |
| Ray Nature | Fine to very fine, numerous and closely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | Uniseriate,homogeneous, wholly made up of procumbent cells filled with reddish gummy deposits |
| Ray Number | 8 - 13 |
| Ray Height | 280 - 570 370 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin to thick walled , frequently-septate, filled with gummy deposits, interfibre pits small, simple. |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 735 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 105400 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 905 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 118330 |
| Uses | Building and bridge construction purposes as beams, rafters, posts door and window frames, plywood, furniture and cabinets, tool handles, piles, poles and fence posts, railway sleepers, sports goods, lorry and bus bodies, carts and carriages and bridges. |
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