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Physical and elasto-mechanical wood properties of young Sentang (Azadirachta excelsa) planted in Sabah, Malaysia

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Azadirachta excelsa

) is being increasingly promoted and planted in Malaysia as plantation species for timber. A study of wood properties of 10-year-old planted Sentang produced the following average values: initial moisture content 49.2%; green density 0.74 g/cm3; ovendry density 0.48 g/cm3; green to standard climate (airdry) shrinkage 3.1% (tang.), 1.7% (rad.), 0.2% (long.); green to ovendry shrinkage 5.5% (tang.), 3.7% (rad.), 0.4% (long.); modulus of rupture 75.7 N/mm2; modulus of elasticity 7060 N/mm2; compression strength (parallel to grain) 39.5 N/mm2; shear strength 14.0 N/mm2 (tang.), 11.7 N/mm2 (rad.); Janka hardness 3.74 kN (tang.), 3.24 kN (rad.).

These values are consistent with recent reports on approximately 41-year-old planted Sentang from Malaysia, but considerably different from values obtained in studies on naturally occurring adult Sentang from Sabah, on young plantation Sentang from Thailand and on Sentang of unknown age from Indonesia. These variations necessitate additional studies on wood properties of planted and naturally grown Sentang of different origin.

Azadirachta excelsa

) ergab folgende durchschnittlichen Holzeigenschaftswerte: Ausgangsfeuchte 49.2% Dichte bei Ausgangsfeuchte 0.74 g/cm3; Dichte darrtrocken 0.48  g/cm3; Schwindmaße (Ausgangsfeuchte → Standard Klima/lufttrocken) 3.1% (tang.), 1.7% (rad.), 0.2% (long.); Schwindmaße (Ausgangsfeuchte → darrtrocken) 5.5% (tang.), 3.7% (rad.), 0.4% (long.); Bruchfestigkeit 75.7  N/mm2; Elastizitätsmodul 7060 N/mm2; Druckfestigkeit in Faserrichtung 39.5 N/mm2; Scherfestigkeit 14.0  N/mm2 (tang.), 11.7 N/mm2 (rad.); Härte nach Janka 3.74 kN (tang.), 3.24 kN (rad.).

Diese Werte stimmen mit denen aus Untersuchungen von ca. 41 Jahre altem Plantagenholz von der Malaysischen Halbinsel überein. Sie unterscheiden sich jedoch stark von denen aus Untersuchungen von reifem Sentang aus Naturwald in Sabah, jungem Plantagen-Sentang aus Thailand und Sentang aus Indonesien. Die Unterschiede zwischen den Studien machen weitere Untersuchungen zu den Holzeigenschaften von Sentang verschiedener Herkünfte aus Plantagen und Naturwald notwendig.

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Trockenbrodt, M., Misalam, K. & Lajanga, J. Physical and elasto-mechanical wood properties of young Sentang (Azadirachta excelsa) planted in Sabah, Malaysia. Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff 57, 210–214 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001070050043

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