| Scientific Name | Thespesia populnea (L.) Soland.ex Correa |
| Trade Name | Bhendi |
| Local Name | Poovarasu, Cheelanthi |
| Family | Malvaceae |
| Tree Size | Small to medium |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 6 - 15 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 20 - 40 |
| Tree Distribution | In coastal areas and sometimes grown in villages |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Pale white or pale brown |
| Heartwood Colour | Reddish brown |
| Hardness | Moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.98 |
| Weight | Moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 770 |
| Texture | Fine to medium coarse textured |
| Grain | Straight grain |
| Growth Rings | Absent |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Medium sized |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary and in radial multiples of two to three |
| Vessel Diameter | 100 - 220 160 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 280 - 450 450 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Oval to elliptical |
| Pit Size | Medium(6-8 µm),vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Alternate and pit outline oval to elliptical |
| Ray Nature | Fine to medium sized,numerous and widely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | Four to six cell per strand.Three to five seriate. Heterogeneous type lll, body of ray made up of procumbent cells with one or two marginal rows of square cells.Uniseriate rays wholly made up of square or upright cells. |
| Ray Number | 10 - 15 |
| Ray Height | 460 - 870 600 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin to thick walled, non-septate with minute bordered pits on the radial and tangential walls |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 945.2 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 103600 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 1204.8 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 119200 |
| Uses | Furniture, tools handles, boat and ship building, mathematical, engineering and drawing instruments, carts and carriages, wooden footwear, musical instruments, agricultural implements, fuel wood, beams & rafters, wells & wheels, spokes and hafts. |
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