| Scientific Name | Artocarpus hirsutus Lamk. |
| Trade Name | Ayani |
| Local Name | Anjili,Ayani |
| Family | Moraceae |
| Tree Size | Large to very large |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 25 - 45 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 130 |
| Tree Distribution | Tropical evergreen,semi-evergreen and southern moist mixed deciduous forests |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Greyish white |
| Heartwood Colour | Golden yellow to yellowish brown |
| Hardness | Moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.6 |
| Weight | Moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 595 |
| Texture | Coarse textured |
| Grain | Straight/interlocked grained |
| Growth Rings | Indistinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Large to medium sized |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary and in radial multiples of two to three |
| Vessel Diameter | 220 - 320 270 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 350 - 510 510 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Polygonal |
| Pit Size | Large(10-13 µm),vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Alternate and pit outline polygonal |
| Ray Nature | Broad, widely spaced and few in number |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | 4-5 seriate,heterogeneous type-2,showing a tendancy to homogeneity |
| Ray Number | 2 - 3 |
| Ray Height | 500 - 920 745 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin,septate with minute simple pits on radial walls |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 752 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 104500 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 969 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 122400 |
| Uses | Boat and ship building, beams and rafters, piles, cooperage, hurdles for sports, fence posts, brushware, furniture and cabinets, blockboards and tool handles, musical instruments, mathematical, engineering and drawing instruments, lorry and bus bodies, carving and turnery, sport goods, constructional purposes, wharf & jetty decking & other docks, masts, picture frames, lorry & bus bodies and carving. |
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