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Native to India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, including Indonesia, particularly Java. Also cultivated in South and Central America.
Easily worked with both hand and machine tools and dresses to a very smooth finish if tools are kept sharp; glues moderately well despite its oily nature. Blunting of cutters can be rather severe.
Dries slowly but with little or no degrade.
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Heartwood is honey golden, turning a dark brown with exposure, often very variable in color when freshly machined showing blotches and streaks of various shades; sapwood pale yellowish, sharply demarcated. Grain straight, sometimes wavy; texture coarse, uneven (ring porous); dull with an oily feel; scented when freshly cut