| Scientific Name | Bridelia retusa (L.)Spreng. |
| Trade Name | Kasi |
| Local Name | Mulluvenga,Kaini |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Tree Size | Small to medium |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 8 - 18 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 65 |
| Tree Distribution | Throughout India up to an altitude of 1,000m,except in very dry regions.Also in deciduous forests and Sal forests |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Greyish white |
| Heartwood Colour | Olive brown |
| Hardness | Moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.4 |
| Weight | Moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 584 |
| Texture | Fine to medium textured |
| Grain | Shallowly or deeply interlocked grain |
| Growth Rings | Distinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Small to medium sized |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary and in radial multiples of two to three,rarely in long radial multiples of more than four |
| Vessel Diameter | 120 - 200 170 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 340 - 540 540 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Polygonal or rounded |
| Pit Size | Small to medium (5-8 µm),non-vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | With much reduced border and pits polygonal or rounded |
| Ray Nature | Medium to broad, widely spaced and few in number |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | 2-3 seriate,heterogeneous type-2 with 2-4 rows of square cells forming the tail.Uniseriate rays made up wholly of upright cells |
| Ray Number | 5 - 7 |
| Ray Height | 600 - 1690 1070 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin to thick walled,septate; minute simple pits confined to the radial walls |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 580 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 94200 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 759 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 108300 |
| Uses | Rafters, posts and floorboards in buildings, agricultural implements, packing cases, temporary construction, light furniture, toys, carts & carriages and tool handles. |
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