PRODUCTS
Timber: Chengal produces a very durable and heavy timber, with an air-dry density of
915-980 kg/m3. The sapwood is pale-yellow, heartwood light-brown, darkening on exposure. The wood is moderately
lustrous with prominent ripple marks. It is suitable for all forms of heavy construction, particularly boat-building, bridges,
railway sleepers, sawn power line posts, heavy flooring, rubber coagulating tanks and many other uses where great
strength and durability are required. Like teak, the timber contains preservative compounds that protect the heartwood
and even under exposed conditions the timber can last about 100 years. The breaking strength is several times higher
than that of oak, both radially and horizontally. The species is over-exploited, has poor regeneration and is in need of in
situ conservation especially in Malaysia.