Common names

Dillenia, Katmon, Masurina, Poplea, San, San na, Simpoh, Simpur, Thabyu

Regions of Distribution
Oceania and S.E. Asia

Countries of Distribution
Australia, China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

Weight: 737 kgs. per cu. metre   Strength Group: C

General Description: Sapwood is not well defined. Heartwood is red-brown or purple-brown. The surface when freshly planed is fairly lustrous and radial surfaces have a faint silver figure. The grain is twisted or interlocked or rarely straight and texture moderately coarse and even.

Principal Uses: Posts, beams, joins, rafters, door and window frames and sills, stair treads and stringers, flooring, ceilings, frames and bottom boards of boats, oars, sliced veneers, etc. If quarter-sawn, Simpoh has an attractive silver figure and is very suitable for panelling, furniture, parquet flooring, fancy boxes and other decorative work.

Veneering: Peels easily and considered potentially acceptable for plywood manufacture.

Other Equivalents: Burma (Thabyu), India (Dillenia), Indochina (So), Philippines (Katmon), Sabah (Simpor, Simpoh), Sarawak (Simpoh), Sri Lanka (Godapura), Thailand (San, San-na, Tamasi)