Dragon Fruit

Dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) is a native fruit of Central America and grows in areas with tropical climates, subtropical, arid to temperate regions. The benefits of dragon fruit has been known throughout the world.
This fruit is an excellent antioxidant that can protect the body from free radicals and cancer. The fruit has a taste somewhat bland. Efficacy of dragon fruit is for the body to neutralize the toxins, and also bind heavy metals.
A high content of vitamin C in dragon fruit benefits dragon fruit made very useful to boost immunity to help heal wounds / bruises. The content of vitamin B2 and B1 in dragon fruit is very good for increasing metabolism and restore appetite. Plus, dragon fruit also contains vitamin B3 which serves to lower cholesterol levels. Not yet finished, dragon fruit also has benefits to cure cough and asthma to treat high blood pressure.
Moreover, dragon fruits contain not only vitamins, but also phosphorus and calcium can make bones stronger and healthier teeth. We can conclude that the dragon fruit is excellent for those who want to lose weight and blood sugar levels.
Red Dragon Fruit - Benefits
The benefits of red dragon fruit known to be effective for lowering blood glucose levels. Red dragon fruit is a fruit that is high in fiber that can help the process of digestion and also helps to reduce fat in the body.
Red dragon fruit also serves to keep your eyes healthy as red dragon fruit also contains carotene.
Efficacy of red dragon fruit next is to prevent and treat heart disease, cancer, to help lower blood pressure. This is because the dragon fruit contains lycopene. Red dragon fruit also serves to help the formation of a network because this fruit contains vitamins B1, B2, B3, C, calcium, protein and phosphorus.
To obtain the benefits of dragon fruit is the maximum, you can make it into juice and drink it regularly. Each cup of dragon fruit contains approximately 100kkal. But if you do not have time to process into juice, then you can take it directly to obtain benefits.

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Ornamental plants Pachypodium

Ornamental plants Pachypodium one is actually popular in Indonesia around the beginning of the 1990s era. But somehow new in the early 2007's interest to return crowded plants. And abroad, already more than 1 century, researchers, enthusiasts and collectors hunting and collecting rare plants that supposedly endangered plant species.

Pachypodium plants that supposedly is believed to have lived for millions of years before the stone age era, is a plant that can continue to evolve and be able to adjust to the habitat in which it grows. The rest of this one ancient plants can still survive and sustainable mampumenarik until now has been the interest of researchers and collectors of rare plants since the end of the 18th century.

 New species of Pachypodium plants continue born, being able to evolve that occurs in these plants continue to bear the new hybrid species, not only in the natural habitat (Madagascar), but across the continent in which plants can grow and evolve. It is said that there are hundreds of species of Pachypodium plants that can not be identified and classified.

While this is only about 25 species are widely known in the world. In Indonesia, this plant is new to the era of the 1990s, cultivated species is limited (approximately less than 15 species which can be found in Indonesia) because of compliance requirements and stunted growth protection problems imposed by the country of origin (Madagascar), and other countries in Southern Africa.
 Yet there is very Pachypodium species of plants attract the lovers of ornamental plants in Indonesia because of the thorny cob shape and form of leaves and flowers are beautiful.

Pachypodium is a plant native (endemic plants) on the island of Madagascar, southern Africa (Mozambique, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Swaziland).

Many people consider Pachypodium cactus like plants, and some are even considered included in the class of ornamental plants palm.

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Iron Wood (Ulin Wood)

Iron Wood (Ulin Wood) is one of the typical types of wood from one of the islands in Indonesia, namely the island of Borneo. Wood that has commercial value quite well in this market (see list of commercial timber species) have characteristics brown yellow or brown there is also a gray-black on the wooden surface of the terrace. While the sapwood yellow brown. Between the porch and the pig looks clear boundaries. (Read terms and patio timber sapwood).ironwoodimages of http://iklanabc.comActually, other than in Borneo, Ironwood can also be found on other islands in Indonesia, namely on the island of Sumatra (South Sumatra). Only, perhaps the popularity of the island of Sumatra as a producer of iron wood still lost by Kalimantan. Because, in Borneo is much easier to find this timber than in Sumatra or in other words it place an iron timber. That's why people who know a lot more if it is wood, iron wood typical of Kalimantan.
Wood is also known as ironwood has very good resistance level. According dephut.go.id alerts, wood is classified as the type of wood that has a durability class 1 and class 1 level of strength as well. That means the wood is really durable and strong.ironwoodimages of http://st281460.sitekno.com/Wood is quite special, iron wood is very resistant to changes in temperature, humidity and seawater influence. Therefore, people often use them in the manufacture of various kinds of heavy construction that requires quality raw materials with the level of durability and excellent strength as in the manufacture of building under water, docks, bridges, utility poles, railway sleepers and various other heavy construction.
However, in the furniture industry, including ironwood tree species are not recommended if used to make furniture. For although this could ironwood sawed and cut, but the level of violence is very hard wood, will be very difficult if further processing later. Especially if it is used to make furniture combined with ornamental carvings, it would be more difficult and the final results obtained will not be maximized. In addition, the use of wood to make furnitre iron can also cause production costs to be more expensive than usual, because the machine or woodworking tools easily worn and dull or even break even so it takes more to the cost of care.

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Tamarind Wood

Tamarind wood is one of the wood species typical of the tropics in particular Indonesia, which has a fairly good commercial value in the market. In Indonesia, tamarind wood comes from several islands of Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Maluku and Nusa Tenggara, but it is possible if the wood is also known as a beacon of wood can be found in other areas apart from the areas already mentioned it. Because the distribution of this tamarind tree timber is quite fast and can be grown in any area in Indonesia.
In nature, tamarind wood stock with a large size and still very much in common. Therefore, wood is widely used by the public (especially the timber industry) as a timber. That is as a raw material for making furniture teak replace the stock in the diminishing day by day and also the price is very expensive. (Read around the high price of teak)
Typically, furniture made from tamarind wood has its own characteristics, which further highlight the impression of robustness in design. That is, tamarind wood furniture from most of its components made very thick and there may not be made with the sheer size of less than 3 cm. Especially at the top table (leaf), the thickness of the wood used is from 4 to 15 cm. Really hard to find the size of teak wood furniture.
Besides being used for furniture, tamarind wood is also widely used as a raw material in the manufacture of a wide range of high value products such as for making veneer, doors, statues, carvings, and various other craft products.
To know more about tamarind wood, here are some common characteristics of tamarind wood or wood flare:

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Sungkai Wood

Sungkai wood is one timber species are very familiar in Indonesia. Therefore, sungkai wood is very often used by people for various purposes such as for making a variety of indoor furniture, veneer or even used as a timber to make a roof truss. In this case, wood sungkai been not without consideration, sungkai wood was chosen because, in general it is proven good quality, although not as good as the quality of teak or rosewood. However, as timber, wood quality sungkai is considered quite nice and also very favored by the workers, because sungkai wood can be easily worked or processed (shaped and cut) so there is no difficulty when processing it.
In addition, the other consideration is the price factor. When compared to the price of timber species such as teak or rosewood, timber prices sungkai relatively cheaper so more cost effective. And this makes the demand for wood sungkai always increasing day by day. Make the timber into the class of commercial timber species in Indonesia.
But, when compared to teak, sungkai still has some shortcomings, namely at the level of violence timber. Basically, it includes sungkai wood wood species with a very high level of violence so that the wood is so easy to crack or even break. In addition, another drawback of wood sungkai is no level of durability and strength. This includes the level of durability of wood is not too good and not too strong. Even in the classification released by the Ministry of Forestry, the durability of wood sungkai including grade III, while the power belongs to the class II to III. So, it is not recommended for use in places exposed to the sun with high intensity continuous and also use the space directly in contact with the ground (eg use for garden furniture).

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Rose Wood

As well as teak, rosewood is one type of tropical wood has a beautiful fiber, and both are also classified into luxury timber species. However, rosewood has special characteristics that distinguishes it from teak or other tropical wood species. Rosewood mostly purple-streaked black streak, probably for most of this wood there is also a black-purple striped with reddish brown.rosewoodIn Indonesia, rosewood is often found in several areas in Java which is in Central Java and East Java. But for now rather difficult to find because this wood supply is waning. The cause was a time growing timber tree species that are classified as long rosewood trees. For now, though there are, it may be very difficult to find a rosewood logs in diameter or more than 35 cm, and if anything, the price is definitely expensive. Yeah no wonder, as described above, it's wood is quite luxurious wood so the price is also well.
Speaking of price, the price calculation rosewood as well as other types of wood, rosewood price is calculated per cubic meter (M3) with the standard price varies depending on the diameter of the trunk. The larger the diameter of the rod, the higher priced or expensive wood.Rosewood has a smooth texture and has a decorative value which is not only good enough but very good. In addition, the rosewood is also known as a type of wood that has a very good level of durability and wood is also a strong wood. That is very resistant rosewood from termite attack or other wood destroying insects even without being given first wood preservative. So no need to use this wood preservative. Strong in the sense that for the wooden porch and not the pig or side of the timber. (Please read the terms meaning sapwood wood and wood patio Gubal Understanding Wood, Wood Terrace and Circle of the Year).In the timber trade, including rosewood belle commodities or precious wood species is expensive and highly in demand in the market because the wood is in great demand by factories or companies veneer maker of luxury that the majority of their products, the veneer of rosewood is used as a coating on the surface of expensive plywood.A rosewood hardwood species, ie porous timber tightly so it does not easily rot or wood selunak kapok or cotton wood and the like. This wood is a type of wood that is easy to handle so rosewood fall into a good timber species. Wood is very convenient and widely used as a raw material of various wood products with good quality. Various kinds of products produced or made from rosewood, among others: furniture products which include cabinets, chairs, tables, couches, doors, frames, wood floors. Various handicrafts handicraft, carving items, musical instruments and various other high quality items.

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Sengon Wood

What is sengon? Sengon is one of the wood species typical of the tropics. In Indonesia, the wood is very familiar and widely available in Java. Because, on this island sengon trees planted or cultivated by many people, both individually and in groups. Even in this area, management is done seriously. You know why? Because, they realized sengon is one type of tropical hardwood that has a very good commercial value in the commodities market. Thus cultivating plants sengon can be regarded as a promising investment for days.
What sengon yeah cultivation is a promising investment?Sengon crop was rated by many as a promising investment is reasonable and correct. Because there are several reasons that could be made to cultivate considerations, such as:

    The harvest has been rapid: sengon trees have a relatively rapid period of growth when compared to other tropical tree species such as mahogany or teak. Sengon trees can be harvested or felled trees at the age of 5 years, although at the age of 5 years tree diameter wood products is still small but the wood has been sold in the market.

    Number of requests: sengon a type of forest that has a high absorption. In other words, the need for sengon commodity markets is very high. It can be an indicator of high demand for sengon are many companies processing wood (plywood or plywood mills) were established in Indonesia. These companies require sengon as raw materials in the production process. Conditions like this is definitely a great opportunity.

    Easy to sell: With the high demand, meaning sales sengon certainly would not be difficult alias easy. For each timber processing plant stand definitely need sengon. As for the problem selling price, selling price generally varies sengon, judged by the large-small diameter rod and set the price per cubic meter.
Then, as if sengon it? To be more clear about sengon, here are some of the traits sengon:

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    Sengon is a type of soft wood. In a sense this wood feels soft to the touch similar to wood or wood kapok kapok.

    Color: wooden terrace or the center of the little white-colored wood, and there is also a portion of the porch sengon pale brown wood. And part pig or wood edge has the same color with the color of the center is white. So the boundary between sapwood and wood patio indistinguishable pins alias unlike other types of tropical wood, teak contuhnya, Which was the boundary between sapwood and wood patio pins.

    Texture: mostly rough sengon bertektur

    Scent: the new kondid cut or wet conditions, sengon has a smell similar to a banana tree. But the smell will disappear by itself when the wood is dry.

    Wood surface: sengon have a little bit slippery surfaces and shiny.

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Mindi Wood

There is one more type of tropical hardwood that has a pretty good commercial value and are traded in the lumber business. This wood is known as Mindi Wood. Mindi wood produced from trees or mindi. The tree is widely grown in the region - tropical regions such as Indonesia, India and Burma. Mindi wood has a medium level of resistance, resistance levels mindi wood more or less equivalent to the level of resistance in mahogany and meranti sungkai but better than wood durian. In class resistance wood, mindi wood classified as strong class II - III. That is the type of wood that is not too strong, but good enough to be used or processed to be derived timber products. Strong in the sense that mindi wood relatively easily attacked by termites or other wood destroying insects.
To know more specific about this wood, here are some of the main features that distinguish it from mindi wood with other tropical timber species. Mindi wood traits include:
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    Wood patio or timber which is at the center of the brown pseudo-pseudo-pseudo-red or purple there, and sapwood wood or wood edge reddish white. The boundary between sapwood and wood patio wood were clearly visible.

    Mindi wood fibers that have straight or somewhat integrated.

    Mindi Wood has an average specific gravity of 0.53.

    Mindi wood that has been shaped boards tend to curl and break at the end when the drying process or pengovenan.
The drying process is necessary to reduce the level of moisture contained in the wood. It is intended that the timber no longer broken when processed into an item. Naturally in the drying process, the time required to dry the wood from moisture mindi 37% up to 15% the time required for 1 month or more precisely for 47 days.Mindi wood is a type of wood that is easy to handle like a cut, shaved or shaped so that the wood is quite good timber species. Mindi wood often used to make furniture products with moderate to high quality. Even if the terms of the power level is classified as the type of wood timber with power levels less well, but still an option mindi wood for the wood processing industries due because of the price factor. Price per cubic mindi wood is quite cheap. Considerations are the basis for them to keep using mindi wood as a raw material in the production process. Because it would be better to save production costs and thus prices of goods produced can be more affordable to consumers.

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Merbau Wood

Merbau is one of the wood species typical of tropical regions of high quality. Produced merbau merbau trees. The trees have sizes ranging from medium to large size, and high merbau trees can reach 50 m, with boles gemang around 20m and up to 160 (-250) cm. With the support of high root circumference and thickness.
Generated from wood merbau tree is known to have a relatively good quality and also classified the type of wood that has a very good commercial value in the market. To know more details about the merbau wood, here are some of the characteristics present in merbau:Merbau Characteristics:Merbau woodThe colors on the wooden porch and wooden pig: Between the porch and the pig as there is a limit to the obvious. Because the terrace and sapwood of merbau has a different color (contrast). For the terrace, the color varies from gray brown, brownish yellow to bright red brown or almost black. While the sapwood pale yellow or light yellow.merbau
The texture and feel of touch: wood merbau has a slightly rough texture and when touched, merbau wood surface was slippery.
Grain: grain direction on merbau wood varies, but, most of merbau wood fiber direction is straight, but there are also irregular and cohesive.The level of violence: a merbau wood species that are categorized by the level of violence is very hard.
The level of durable and strong: merbau wood is a type of tropical wood known for its durability is good. Wood is classified as a type of wood that is resistant to attack by fungi and termites, wood rot or wood destroying pests. While in grade level classification and grade level strong durable timber, merbau wood is a type of wood with durable grade levels I-II and strength class I-(III).
Shrinkage and cracking power levels: a merbau wood species with a very small rate of depreciation, in addition, the wood is also classified as the type of wood to crack low power. It is made of merbau is not easily damaged when dried, or if there is damage during the drying process, the damage is not considered serious damage.
The execution: For the workmanship, merbau wood species are considered somewhat difficult to work with. But that does not mean merbau can not be processed into a variety of products of high commercial value, because the fact that a lot of various kinds of products made using merbau wood as raw material.
In the current era of industrialization, merbau wood used as raw material to make a variety of wood products derived from such a variety of furniture, wood floors (parquet flooring), sills, doors, windows, and can also be used as a timber.
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Mahogany Wood

What is mahogany? Mahogany is one of the typical tropical timber species. That is, the wood is coming and only in areas with tropical climates example is Indonesia. In Indonesia, the mahogany is very popular especially for many areas in Java, there is known as a timber tree species of high commercial value so many people who grow and can be sold on the domestic commodity markets. In Java as well, to supply mahogany not to worry because the numbers are still very much, from the still form of the tree and that has been in the form of wood that has been cut or processed. Because this timber tree species has a period of rapid growth that is roughly within 7 to 15 years old, had grown mahogany and can be cut away and removed the wood. This is clearly different from the period of growth of teak and rosewood trees where growth takes a long time.
Mahogany wood has a characteristic and has special characteristics that only in the type of wood itself. These features can distinguish other types of tropical wood. Because the fact is, there are several types of wood that has a resemblance to each other at first glance, both in terms of color, texture or wood fiber. But to really understand the special characteristics possessed only by certain types of wood we will be able to tell the difference. Examples for some types of wood that are similar when viewed at a glance is as similar to teak acacia wood, mahogany wood can also be said like camphor wood or wood keruing of Borneo and other wood species.Then, how the characteristics of mahogany?The most fundamental characteristic mahogany is as follows:

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    Color: the terrace or mahogany center mostly pink (pale arguably), but there is also a mahogany dark red color similar to the liver. This is contained in a mahogany-old really old, maybe pohonya grew more than 25 years. While the sapwood or wood edges always white.

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    Fiber: mahogany wood has a straight fiber and integrated.

    Texture: Wood mahogany has a smooth texture and a little porous.
To better understand the characteristics of mahogany, it may be easier if the observed physical form directly.
Mahogany wood is a type of wood that has a good quality, but the level of robustness and durability slightly below the quality of teak wood. Wood is less resistant to termites so it is not recommended for placement directly in contact with the ground.
In the industrial world, known as the mahogany timber species were good. Wood can be easily treated as cut and shaped so that mahogany is widely used as a raw material in the manufacture of various kinds of handicraft and furniture products such as handicrafts, various carving furniture, cabinets, chairs, tables, furniture, etc. child. In some cases, jug mahogany is often used as a raw material substitute for teak. This was done because, in addition to the amount or supply of mahogany many, the price is much cheaper than teak. This is the main reason for most wood processing industries (furniture industry) as it can solve the problem of scarcity of raw materials so that the continuity of the process is maintained produsi and smooth, and can also reduce the cost of production becomes cheaper.

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Teak Wood

Teak wood is one of tropical wood species are known to have very good quality. Teak wood from teak trees have very long growth period. That's why the market supply of wood is relatively small and the price for the type of wood is quite expensive.quality teak wood pertukangan Mungkin as there are some of the readers of this blog do not agree with the opinions above which mentions that the stock market teak relatively small, because in reality, a lot of furniture industry using teak wood as a raw material in producing a wide range of wood products . It is true, that meant little for teak is a really good quality shown in the old age of the wood. While most of the teak and is used by industry-furniture industry today rarely old age, or in other words, the wood used are relatively young. Maybe the wood taken from trees aged less than 20 years.
For the furniture industry using old teak wood as a raw material in the production process, of course the price will be more expensive. But the old teak wood has many advantages than using young teak. Want to know what is the advantage? In general, old teak wood advantages lies in the level of durability and beauty that is highlighted by the wood.
The level of durability: old teak wood has a very good level of durability even without being given pegawet wood materials. Maybe even the durability of this wood can be used for generations after you. For example, as we see today. Banyakkan remnants of colonial heritage sites mainly made of teak wood that is still intact today. Loh how come? What causes the wood is very durable? The durability of teak wood old teak mainly caused by the density of pores and fibers in the wood. Old teak wood has fibers and pores of the wood so dense that it becomes hard and not easily attacked by termites even put in place in direct contact with the ground. Is that all? By naked eyes are like that, but I've read references that mention briefly that have some sort of teak oil that are scientifically capable of making durable wood. But unfortunately I forgot what it references.
Level of beauty: old teak wood is a type of wood is very beautiful and some even call it the No. 1 quality. It is no exaggeration, because it has the texture of teak wood, fiber direction and the colors are very nice. You can prove it yourself.
Is teak wood timber species? Basically, teak is a type of timber and flexible. Wood can be easily treated as cut, planed and sanded so widely used for various purposes such as for timber, furniture, and flooring veener, even teak straight with a length of more than 8 meters can be used to make boats. And products that use teak wood as a raw material in the manufacturing process must have good quality.

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Bayur Wood

Bayur wood is wood species typical of the tropics, such as the Indonesian one. As in reports by indonesianforest.com, in Indonesia, wood bayur numerous in many areas, such as Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and Nusa Tenggara. It may indeed be true, because in fact (in Java), timber-producing trees bayur population is indeed commonly found, even numbers are still very much considered, especially in areas that have a lot of forests.wood bayur
Besides known as typical of tropical wood, wood bayur also known as a type of wood that has a pretty good commercial value in the market (see the list of the types of commercial value timber). Therefore, as with other timber species (such as teak or mahogany wood), wood bayur is also a lot of important commodity traded in the market.
Usually, the most needed bayur wood is wood processing industries, for example, is furniture (furniture both large and small scale furniture). By their bayur wood is used as an alternative raw material for making various kinds of handicrafts products and high value. These products include such as furniture, doors, frames, windows, wood floors and a variety of other wood products. In addition, wood bayur also widely used by the boatmen on the coast to make a wide range dory.wood bayur
In order to know what kind of wood it bayur? Here is a specification which is also characteristic of wood bayur:
1. Wooden Color: The terrace of wood bayur usually pale red but there is also a red-brown color. While the sapwood is white. (Read what a pig on the patio and wood).
2. Wood texture: bayur generally coarse-textured wood with a straight fiber.
3. Average density: according dephut.go.id, the average density is 0.52 bayur wood. That means lighter than teak
4. Power cracked wood: wood bayur generally not easy to crack (fracture energy can be said to be low).
5. Violence wood: When compared with other types of wood carpentry, wood hardness bayur relatively moderate.
So does this bayur wood timber species including strong?
If the question is a strong resistance to termites or other insects wood rot, wood bayur relatively less powerful. But, for the construction of the power problems when done, the wood bayur proved strong enough, it can be screwed to the wood is good and strong, similar to teak. And referring to the site dephut.go.id again, strong wood bayur level is grade II to III (medium), while the level of durability is a class IV (easily decomposed).

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Bengkirai Wood

Bengkirai Wood is one of the good quality wood. It can be proven at the time in the process (bengkirai woodworking). Bengkirai wood is easily processed as planed, cut, carved, etc.. Therefore, many people who enter this bengkirai wood down among the types of wood carpentry.
And in practice, today many people use wood bangkirai to produce a wide range of products of wood. It can not be removed from the quality which is proved to be really good to the world of carpentry. And until now, the demand for wood bengkirai very much, therefore, this bengkirai wood into the list of wood species that have commercial value (read: 131 list of commercially valuable timber).
Similarly, iron wood, wood bangkirai this is the kind of wood from Kalimantan or in other words, is a kind of typical wood Borneo. However, the demand for this wood is not only from Borneo alone, there are many other areas in Indonesia who need bengkirai wood supply for the production process, request that one of them is from Java.
Java does a lot of standing timber processing industries or the furniture industry that always needs a supply of wood as a raw material in the production. By their bengkirai wood timber is widely used as an alternative to making a wide range of high-value furniture and even for export products, one of which is the product of garden furniture.
As many people know if there are only a few types of wood that can be used to make garden furniture. And bengkirai wood is one of the few types of wood that meet these criteria in addition to teak (see criteria for wooden garden furniture).
Because for wood bengkirai really old, durability and strength levels practically equal to the durability and strength of teak. If according to data from dephut.go.id, wood bengkirai including the type of wood has a durability level of class I, II, III (varied as they may be affected by the aging wood) while the level of power, including class I, II.
To know more about wood bengkirai close, here is the identification of common traits or wood bengkirai:wood bengkirai
Wood color: the terrace on the wood surface quasi-pseudo yellow brown, while the younger colored sapwood. (Read terms and sapwood wood patio)
Wood texture: the texture was smooth and there is also a bit rough textured
The level of violence: very high
Power fractured: there are moderate and others have cracked high power (depending on the age level of the timber)
Weight: bengkirai wood is quite heavy wooden type. Even in practice, this wood is heavier than teak. If according dephut.go.id, bengkirai wood has an average specific gravity of 0.91 is greater than the average density of teak wood which is only 0.70

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Balsa Wood

Similarly sengon and jabon, Balsa wood is also classified as the type of wood and soft light weight. Even according indonesianforest.com, balsa wood only has (dry density of air) the maximum density of 0.28 and 0.15 minimum. Still lighter when compared to wood or wood kapok cotton which has a maximum density of 0.47 and a specific gravity of 0.12 minimum.

Balsa wood
Balsa wood including wood species tractable (ie processed into other goods). When compared with the general timber species such as teak or mahogany, balsa wood processing or working is much easier and simpler, without the need for heavy equipment, just with simple tools such as cutter knives, wood can already be cut and shaped into various model. As for the taped, can be done using CA glue (power glue), epoxy glue or white glue can.
The wood is lightweight and easy to work with, making balsa wood is a favorite ingredient for plane lovers aeromodeling for making model aircraft. In addition, the balsa wood is also a favorite wood species that is widely used by engineers or those working in the world of architecture to create a miniature scale model building or buildings such as miniature buildings, bridges etc..

Balsa wood
When compared with other types of light wood, balsa wood is the most superior, both in terms of the level of flexibility and strength levels. Wood that has characteristics canescent has advantages that are not found in other soft wood species that is capable of absorbing vibrations or shocks well. Therefore, in some countries, especially countries such as Japan's frequent earthquakes, balsa wood is widely used to frame buildings. In areas prone to earthquakes, the use of balsa wood is considered more secure than using other materials such as concrete, iron or steel because it is not easy to collapse or collapse. And even if collapsed, the effect or impact damage if using balsa wood is still much better than the impact of the building or buildings berbeton use iron and steel. In addition to the impact of the damage is small, the safety factor is also a consideration users. If people tertindi concrete or iron, the person is definitely serious injury or even death, but if tertindi balsa wood, that person can still survive because the injuries are not too severe.

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Acacia Wood

There is one more typical of tropical wood species have commercial value in the market is quite good. This wood is known as Acacia wood. At first glance, the colors on the surface of acacia wood is very similar to teak, the resemblance even to say 80% similar. But when it comes to the level of strength and durability, clear, still under the acacia wood teak.acacia woodHowever, because of the difficulty in getting wood and also the high price of teak wood, the use of alternative wood began to be considered by the crafters of furniture. And acacia wood in the furniture crafters radar consideration because of the similarity between the two colors. Indeed, judging from the color of the two, it is not much different aliases are very similar. Because of the similarity of acacia wood that is widely used to deal with the difficulty of getting teak. And other considerations is a matter of price, the market price of acacia wood is also much cheaper than teak furniture so the craftsman can save more production cost.
In addition to the color and the cheapening of the price of wood, other factors that affect the craftsman furniture to switch to using acacia wood is because it is a kind of acacia wood timber that is easy to handle like a cut, for example, or sanded. Acacia wood can be used to make a wide range of furniture products, both carving and minimalist (non-carved), however, only recommended use acacia wood for any kind of indoor furniture or other types of furniture that are not directly in contact with the ground and hot weather and rain. Because acacia wood is less resistant to weather influences and is classified as a type of wood is also very hard wood so easily broken or cracked, so the use of this wood is less suitable when used to make garden furniture or outdoor furniture.
Currently, a wide variety of indoor furniture made from acacia wood was widely circulated and sold in the market. Acacia wood furniture market prices are usually cheaper than teak furniture. For the price of wood is also cheaper. But in some cases, there is also a rogue furniture sellers (less sporty), they offer wood furniture with amit-amit akasianya furniturenya if it is made of teak wood just to sell their products at higher prices. This is clearly detrimental to the buyer, and to anticipate things like that, the following are characteristics of acacia wood:
The characteristics of acacia wood:

    Wood color (sapwood wood and wood patio): wood brown while the sapwood sapwood is white wood. This color is similar to the color of teak.
    Scent or odor: less savory smell of acacia wood, smelled like kecing (urine)
    Weight of wood: acacia wood is quite heavy enough, it can be proved by comparing the weight of timber such as teak, mahogany or rosewood.
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Agathis Wood

Agathis wood!! Perhaps for those lovers of the instrument timber type name is not familiar. Yups, agathis wood is often used by the industry as a musical instrument maker of raw materials for the manufacture of guitars. Although, the sound quality of the products produced using agathis wood is not very good, but this wood can be used as an alternative because the price is relatively cheaper than other types of materials guitar.yah, in Indonesia, agathis wood including one commercially valuable timber species you know (read a variety of commercially valuable timber). That is because the demand for this wood so that his popularity rose and fresh at the market value.agathis wood
Apart needed by the guitar maker, actually agathis wood is also much needed by industries other wood processing. In practice, often the wood-processing industries that use agathis wood as a raw material in the production process. They use wood to create a wide range of indoor furniture products are high value on the market such as office desk, kitchen cabinets, etc.. In addition, agathis wood is also widely used by plywood mills as raw material to create a triplex or multiplex.For those who do not understand what kind of agathis wood, the following are the specifications and at the same general features agathis wood:

    Color wood: In the condition has a board, the terraces and wooden pig is generally the same color but a little whitish yellow-white, and sometimes there is a little yellow brown pink. So, between the porch and the pig on agathis wood is almost invisible limit. (Read what it sapwood and terrace)

    Texture of wood: agathis wood much liked by the public because this wood is known to have a nice texture that is smooth and evenly textured.

    Direction of fibers in wood: most agathis wood grain in straight, but sometimes twisted. And if touched, it feels slippery wood surface.

    Weight of wood: agathis wood belonging to the type of wood light though not as light as wood or wood sengon jabon. According indonesianforest.com, agathis wood has a dry density average of 0.49.

    Rate durability of wood: Wood is classified as the type of wood that is not very durable-durable and not easily weathered. So in other words the level of durability being. According to data dephut.go.id, agathis wood's durability level belonging to the class IV and power belong to the class III level.

    Wood hardness level: relatively moderate.

    Properties of wood: in practice, relatively easy agathis wood, the wood is easy to cut, shaved, molded, etc..
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