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General Information

Pentace triptera is a tree that can grow up to 45 metres tall. The bole can be up to 110cm in diameter with buttresses up to 2.5 metres high[, ].
The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, a major source of melunak timber that is sometimes traded.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Southeast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Habitat

An upper canopy tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests; growing on alluvial sites and hillsides with sandy to clay soils; at elevations up to 400 metres[].

Properties

Other Uses Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	35.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The bark has been used for the walls of houses[].

The heartwood is pink-brown to red-brown, darkening upon exposure; it is not well defined from the lighter coloured sapwood. The texture is moderately fine and even; the grain shallowly interlocked but sometimes deeply interlocked; planed surfaces are fairly lustrous, with a stripe figure on the radial surface; seasoned wood has no characteristic odour or taste, though freshly sawn wood has a sour smell. The wood is moderately durable, though it is susceptible to attack from termites. It seasons slowly, with little tendency to check or warp. It is slightly difficult to difficult to resaw and is easy to slightly difficult to cross-cut; planing is easy to slightly difficult and planed surfaces are smooth; nailing and gluing are good. The wood is suitable for interior finishing, panelling, joinery, furniture. flooring and other light construction, instrument boxes and T-squares[, , ].

Propagation

Seed -

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