| Scientific Name | Fagus sp. |
| Trade Name | Beechwood |
| Local Name | Beech |
| Family | Fagaceae |
| Tree Size | Large to very large |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 40 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | |
| Tree Distribution | Mainly in European countries |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Not distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Pale white to yellowish white |
| Heartwood Colour | |
| Hardness | Moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.37 |
| Weight | Moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | |
| Texture | Coarse textured |
| Grain | Straight grain |
| Growth Rings | Distinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Vessels mostly solitary, small |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary and in radial multiples and clusters of three to five; filled with deposits. Vessel outline angular to circular. |
| Vessel Diameter | 60 - 100 80 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 100 - 245 245 |
| Perforation | Simple in the earlywood parts; scalariform in the |
| Pit Outline | |
| Pit Size | Small to large(5-10 �m), non-vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Scalariform to opposite.and inter- vessel pitting with much reduced border |
| Ray Nature | Two types; broad rays prominent to the naked eye and widely seperated, fine rays numerous and closely spaced; visible only with hand lens. |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | One to three seriate;multiseriate rays more than 15 cell wide rays homogeneous wholly made up of procumbent cells |
| Ray Number | 4 - 6 |
| Ray Height | 245 - 670 420 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin to thick walled, with distinct bordered pits on tangential and radial walls |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | |
| Uses | Mainly for furniture making and construction purposes |
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