The timber is a Light Hardwood with a density of 465-865 kg/m³ and an average density of 640 kg/m³ air dry.

The Standard Malaysian Name for the timber ofCalophyllum spp. (Guttiferae). Vernacular names applied include bintangor (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak) with various epithets, bakokol (Sarawak), entangor (Sarawak) and penaga laut (Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah). Major species include C. biflorum, C. calaba var. bracteatum, C. canum, C. coriaceum, C. depressinervosum, C. ferrugineum var. ferrugineum, C. inophyllum, C. macrocarpum, C. pulcherrimum, C. sclerophyllum, C. symingtonianum, C. tetrapterum, C. teysmannii var. inophylloide andC. wallichianum (var. wallichianum and var. incrassatum). The sapwood is yellow-brown with a pink tinge and is well defined from the heartwood, which is deep red, red-brown, pink-brown or orange-brown.

Also known as Ba’ula, Dalo, Kaila(Soloman Islands); Bintangoer, Domba-gass, Gunikina, Gurukina and Walukina(Sri Lanka); Bintangor (Brunei); Bintangur (Indonesia); Bitanghol and Bitaog(Philippines); Calophyllum (Papua New Guinea); Calophyllum (Australia); Cong trang (Vietnam); Damanu (Fiji); Fetau and Tamanu (Samoa Islands); Ka Than Han, Ka Than Lan, Krathing and Tang Hon (Thailand); Kathing and Phaong (Cambodia); Mai song (Laos); Ponnyet, Poon, Tharapi and Thitpyauk(Myanmar); Poon (India); Tamanou (New Hebrides & New Caledonia).

KILN-DRYING

Kiln Schedule A is recommended. The timber dries moderately fast without much degrades, except for slight warping and end-checking. The timber kiln-dries from 50 to 10% moisture content in approximately 8 days.

Kiln Schedule A