Drying charactheristic of Indonesian Wood
Wood drying may be described as the art of ensuring that gross dimensional changes through shrinkage are confined to the drying process. Ideally, wood is dried to that equilibrium moisture content as will later (in service) be attained by the wood. Thus, further dimensional change will be kept to a minimum. Indonesia has many various woood with their own charactheristic.
Species of Indonesian Comercial Wood
Approximately 4,000 wood species are found in Indonesia’s forests of which only a few species have been known with regard to their properties and uses, while 120 species are now commonly known as commercial woods. The name of the 120 commercial species are presented in table form (see attachment). Trade names introduced in this report, frequently represents names for botanical species groups possessing similar characteristics and properties in each group, so the names of the 120 commercial wood species presented in this report actually cover a total of 267 botanical species (see attachments). Source: Kartasujana, I.& Martawijaya, A. 1973. Commercial woods of Indonesia, their propertiesand uses Pengumuman no.3 thn 1973. Lembaga Penelitian Hasil Hutan, Bogor.