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KAPUR

Trade Name	:	Kapur
Other Name	:	Camphur Wood (UK)
Botanical Name	:	Dryobalanops spp., e.g. D. aromatica, D. laneeoh, D. rappa etc.
Family	:	DIPTEROCARPACEAE
Group	:	Resin Canals Group
Type	:	Medium Hardwood
Density (kg/m3)	:	575 - 815 kg per m3 ( 36 - 51 lbs per ft 3)


Texture	Cross Section	Leaf	Bark	Tree

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ANATOMY

Pores Simple perforation; medium size to moderately large; moderately few in number; exclusively solitary; evenly distributed with a tendency to form oblique line often blocked with tyloses.

Wood Parenchyma Apotracheal: Irregularly spaced concentric bands; sometimes diffused strands.
Paratracheal: Aliform.

Rays Moderately fine to medium size.

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Colour		Heartwood : Red brown or purple red brown. Sapwood : Yellow brown and well defined.
Grain		Straight or shallowly interlocked and sometimes deeply interlocked.
Texture		Moderately coarse and even.
Other Features		Ripple marks and pinholes present. Freshly cut wood with camphor odour.
Confusable Woods		Keruing and Dark Red Meranti.
Differentiation		From Keruing - by concentric distribution of resin canals From Dark Red Meranti - by the exclusively solitary vessels.
Common Uses		Building constructions (posts, beams, joints, rafters, door and window frames, flooring, walling etc.) and furniture.