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BlockboardProduct Type: Panel Product
Door BlanksProduct Type: Panel Product
Door SpecialistProduct Type: Service
GaboonProduct Type: Hardwood
Density: 430 kg/m3 average
Colour: Pink/Brown
Texture: Medium
Durability: Non-Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: Africa, West
Species Name: Aucoumea klaineana
Notes: Also called Okoume
HardwoodDecorative and Structural Woods from around the world
Hardwood Component BlanksProduct Type: Hardwood
KapurProduct Type: Hardwood
Density: 760 Kg/m3
Colour: Red/Brown
Durability: Very Durable
Permeability: Very Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Dryobalanops sp
KeruingProduct Type: Hardwood
Density: 750 Kg/m3
Colour: Pink/Brown
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Dipterocarpus
Notes: There are many commercial names for timber from Dipterocarpus species. Generally split by country of origin with the most important being:
Keruing - Indonesia/Malaya/Sarawak/Sabah
Gurjun - India/Burma
Yang - Thailand
Apitong - Philippines
Marine plywood BS.1088Product Type: Panel Product
Meranti, Dark RedProduct Type: Hardwood
Density: 670 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Medium to Dark Red Brown
Texture: Rather coarse
Durability: Moderately durable to Durable
Permeability: Resistant to Extremely resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species principally S. pauciflora
Meranti, Light RedProduct Type: Hardwood
Density: 510 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Very Pale Pink to mid Red
Texture: Coarse but even
Durability: Non-Durable to Moderately Durable
Permeability: Resistant to Extremely Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species
Meranti, YellowProduct Type: Hardwood
Density: 510 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Yellow to Yellow Brown
Texture: Moderately Coarse but more fine than Red varieties
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Extremely Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species
Moisture Resistant PanelsProduct Type: Panel Product
OkoumeProduct Type: Hardwood
Density: 430 kg/m3 average
Colour: Pink/Brown
Texture: Medium
Durability: Non-Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: Africa, West
Species Name: Aucoumea klaineana
Notes: Also called Gaboon
Panel ProductEngineered Wood Products
such as MDF, OSB, Plywood
Particle Board, ChipboardProduct Type: Panel Product
Plywood Cut SizeProduct Type: Panel Product
Plywood Film FacedProduct Type: Panel Product
Plywood LightweightProduct Type: Panel Product
Plywood Polyester OverlaidProduct Type: Panel Product
PoplarProduct Type: Hardwood
Density: 380 - 530kg/m3
Colour: Pale/White/Grey/Brown
Texture: Even & Fine
Durability: Perishable
Permeability: Permeable/Moderately Resistant
Origin: Europe
Species Name: Populus spp.
Notes: Generally not separated by species and so timber purchased may include Black Italian poplar (P. Canadensis), Black poplar (P.nigra), European Aspen (P. tremula) depending upon country of origin.
Poplar, YellowProduct Type: Hardwood
Density: 475kg/m3
Colour: Heartwood Yellow Brown/Pale Olive Sapwood White
Texture: Fine and Even
Durability: Non-Durable
Origin: North America
Species Name: Liriodendron tulipifera
Notes: Also called American Whitewood, Tulipwood
Seraya, Dark RedProduct Type: Hardwood
Density: 670 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Medium to Dark Red Brown
Texture: Rather coarse
Durability: Moderately durable to Durable
Permeability: Resistant to Extremely resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species principally S. pauciflora
Seraya, Light RedProduct Type: Hardwood
Density: 510 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Very Pale Pink to mid Red
Texture: Coarse but even
Durability: Non-Durable to Moderately Durable
Permeability: Resistant to Extremely Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species
Seraya, YellowProduct Type: Hardwood
Density: 510 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Yellow to Yellow Brown
Texture: Moderately Coarse but more fine than Red varieties
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Extremely Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species
Sheet MaterialsProduct Type: Panel Product
Specialist Panel ProductsProduct Type: Panel Product
Specialist Plywood ProductsProduct Type: Panel Product
Tropical Hardwood Plywood, Asia South EastProduct Type: Panel Product
Tropical Hardwood Plywood, ChinaProduct Type: Panel Product