| Scientific Name |
Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. |
| Trade Name |
Bahera |
| Local Name |
Thanni |
| Family |
Combretaceae |
| Tree Size |
Large |
| Tree Height ( m ) |
20 - |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) |
130 - |
| Tree Distribution |
West coast semi-evergreen, West coast tropical evergreen, Moist teak bearing and Southern moist mixed deciduous forests |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction |
Indistinct |
| Sapwood Colour |
Creamy-yellow or Yellowish-brown |
| Heartwood Colour |
Creamy-yellow or Yellowish-brown |
| Hardness |
Moderately hard to hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green |
|
| Weight |
Moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content |
625 - |
| Texture |
Coarse |
| Grain |
Straight |
| Growth Rings |
Farly distinct |
| Porosity |
diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size |
Large to medium |
| Vessel Arrangement |
Few to moderately few, solitary or in radial multiples of 2 or 3, rarely more |
| Vessel Diameter |
- |
| Vessel Element Lenght |
- |
| Perforation |
|
| Pit Outline |
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| Pit Size |
|
| Vessel Ray Pitting |
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| Ray Nature |
Fine to very fine, close spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type |
|
| Ray Number |
- |
| Ray Height |
- |
| Fibre Walls |
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| Fiber Length |
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| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) |
678.5 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) |
101900 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) |
995.5 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) |
122800 |
| Uses |
Temporary construction-work; general purpose Class II plywood; blackboards; heavy packing cases and boxes |