Cryptocarya griffithiana Wight
Taxonomy
- Species:
- Cryptocarya griffithiana Wight
- Genus:
- Cryptocarya
- Family:
- Lauraceae
Properties
Botanic
A medium-sized tree up to 33 m tall, bole up to 50 cm in diameter, bark surface closely set with lenticels, reddish-brown.
Leaves arranged spirally, 10-30 cm x 4-15 cm, apex long acuminate, with 5-9 pairs of secondary veins, glaucous and velvety hairy below.
Inflorescence axillary and up to 8 cm long or terminal and up to 22 cm long; perianth tube 1.5-2 mm long, tomentose, pedicel very short.
Fruit pear-shaped, c. 1.3 cm in diameter.
Habitat
C. griffithiana is uncommon in primary and secondary lowland forest.
Cultivation and Marketing
Uses and Function
Timber: The wood is used as medang for house building, interior finish, furniture, agricultural implements, and veneer and plywood.
Variable
Wood Density
4 rows
| 0.54 | 0.64 | 0.84 | 0.6400 | 15 | Oey Djoen Seng (1951) in Soewarsono (1990). Specific Gravity of Indonesian Woods and its Significance for Practical Use, FRDC, Forestry Department, Bogor, Indonesia | |
| 0.59 | 0.5900 | Desch, H.E. 1996. Timber: structure, properties, conversion and use. 7th Edition. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. | South-East Asia (tropical) | |||
| 0.51 | 0.5100 | Soerjanegara and Lemmens, R.H.M.J. (Editors), 1994. PROSEA 5(1): Timber trees: Major commercial timbers. | South-East Asia (tropical) | |||
| 0.64 | 0.6400 | Jenis-Jenis Pohon Disusun Berdasarkan Nama Daerah dan Nama Botaninya, Buku 18 A, Kalimantan Tengah | Central Kalimantan |
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Statistic Summary of Wood Density (g/cm³)
- N
- 4
- Mean
- 0.5950
- Median
- 0.6150
- Mode
- 0.6400
- Stdv
- 0.0614
- Variance
- 0.0038
- Range
- [0.51, 0.64]
- If the Moisture Content column is undefined, you may assume the value of 15%
- The statistic summary is based on data availability in the database, thus it may change upon the data collection updates