Uses

ID Crop ID Part Use Category Notes Metadata ID
492 Dau Bark Industrial The timber is used as keruing. 7,789
493 Dau Whole Industrial A wood-oil is collected from the tree. 7,789
494 Dhali Garjan Bark Industrial D. gracilis is an important source of keruing, especially in Indo-China. A wood-oil can be obtained from the bole and is used as a varnish and for illumination. 7,795
495 Green Dammar Tree Bark Industrial A dammar resin is obtained from the stems. Dammar is a hard resin, obtained from various trees of Southeast Asia. Traditionally, it is used for purposes such as caulking boats and baskets, as an adhesive, a medicine, as a fuel for torches and sometimes in foods. Commercially, it is an ingredient of inks, lacquers, oil paints, varnishes etc, and is used as a glazing agent in foods. 7,803
496 Green Dammar Tree Bark Industrial The wood is smooth. The wood is used for house building, especially door frames, rafters and posts; it is also used for plough handles. It is especially in demand for use as house poles. 7,803
497 Gurjum Tree Bark Industrial The timber is used as keruing; D. alatus is a very important source of construction timber in Indo-China and Thailand. 7,814
498 Hollong Bark Industrial The timber is used in construction of house, especially for planking. Wood used for plywood, internal construction work and also used as railway sleepers. Oleoresin from the tree used as lubricant and in soap works. 7,822
499 Keruing Bark Industrial The tree is harvested from the wild mainly for the oleo-resin in its trunk. This is used locally and also exported. The tree also yields a timber of low quality, though this is used on a large scale in the manufacture of plywood. It is also used locally for making torches; caulking boats (mixed with other ingredients); as a varnish and sometimes medicinally. Industrially, it is used in making paints for houses and ships, lithographic ink and an anti-corrosive coating composition for iron. 7,824
500 Keruing Bark Medicinal A resin obtained from the tree is used in the treatment of ulcers, ring worms and other skin infections. It is a stimulant to mucous surfaces and is also a diuretic. 7,824
501 Makai Wood Industrial The timber is the major source of white meranti. The resin, called "damar tenang", was once collected on a commercial scale in North Sulawesi. 7,825
502 Malabar Ironwood Wood Industrial The tree produces a beautiful timber and is commonly harvested from the wild, both for local use and for trade. The wood can be used in construction, shipbuilding, making rice mills etc. It is valued in southern India for building temples. 7,826
503 Merawan Siput Jantan Wood Industrial The timber is used as merawan. The wood is suitable for rollers in the textile industry, piles, and bridge construction and as an alternative to maple for shoe and boot lasts. The bark has a high tannin content, and is suitable for tanning leather; it also produces an inferior quality dammar ("rock dammar"). 7,827
504 Merawan Siput Jantan Bark Medicinal The dammar is medicinally applied to sores and wounds. In Indo-China the bark has been used as a masticatory. 7,827
505 Merawan Siput Jantan Whole Ornamental H. odorata is sometimes used as a shade tree. 7,827
506 New Guinea Rosewood Wood Industrial The tree is an important commercial source of wood for making plywood. The dark reddish-grey wood is hard, open-grained and not durable. It is used in construction and for making plywood It harvested from the wild both for its timber and its resin. An oleoresin is obtained from the wood. 7,828
507 Resak Bukit Wood Industrial The timber is used as resak. The bark is used locally to prevent frothing in sweet palm juice and to arrest fermentation of toddy and local wine. 7,829
508 Resak Durian Wood Industrial The wood is used as resak and is especially suitable for making boats. 7,830
509 Resak Hitam Bark Industrial The timber is used as resak, especially for construction, house posts and boats. The bark is used locally to prevent frothing in sweet palm juice and to arrest fermentation of toddy and local wine. 7,831
510 Taloora Lac Tree Wood Industrial The timber is used as white meranti. A low-quality resin is obtained from the tree. In Cambodia the bark is used as a masticatory in the betel-quid. The tree also produces a dye. 7,832
511 Thingam Wood Industrial The tree is harvested from the wild for its timber, which is said to be the best timber of the region. 7,833