The timber is straight-grained, with a fine, even,silky texture and lustrous surface. It is pale straw to yellow-brown in colour, uniform, light, strong, knotfree and easily worked. All species are, so far as is known, essentially similar (Anon. 1957). Density at 15 percent moisture content of Malayan samples (A.dammara) was 0·47 gm/ml (29'4Ib/cu ft), which is
lighter than all other Malayan timbers except pulai (Alstonia) and jelutong (Dyera) and these are less
strong (Lee 1967)