| Scientific Name |
Haldina cordifolia (Roxb.) Ridsd. |
| Trade Name |
Haldu |
| Local Name |
Manja-kadambu |
| Family |
Rubiaceae |
| Tree Size |
Medium to large |
| Tree Height ( m ) |
15 - |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) |
110 - |
| Tree Distribution |
Southern moist mixed deciduous, Moist teak bearing and west coast semi-evergreen forests |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction |
Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour |
Yellowish-white |
| Heartwood Colour |
Yellow or yellowish brown |
| Hardness |
moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green |
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| Weight |
moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content |
695 - |
| Texture |
fine |
| Grain |
Fairly straight to somewhat interlocked or irregular |
| Growth Rings |
Indistinct |
| Porosity |
diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size |
Small to very small |
| Vessel Arrangement |
moderately numerous, mostly solitary or in short radial multiples of 2 or 3 |
| Vessel Diameter |
- |
| Vessel Element Lenght |
- |
| Perforation |
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| Pit Outline |
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| Pit Size |
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| Vessel Ray Pitting |
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| Ray Nature |
fine, closely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type |
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| Ray Number |
- |
| Ray Height |
- |
| Fibre Walls |
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| Fiber Length |
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| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) |
657 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) |
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| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) |
735 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) |
101600 |
| Uses |
Class I plywood; tea chests; furniture and cabinets; tool handles;blackboards; bobins; cricket stumps and bails; musical instruments; mathematical, enginering and drawing instruments; brushwares; bentwood articles and toys; shoe-lasts; battery separators
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