Description
Gmelina wood is one of the most versatile timbers of the tropics. The wood
is pale yellow to cream color, turning yellowish brown on exposure and is
soft to moderately hard, light to moderate heavy, usually straight to
irregular or rarely wavy grained and medium course textured. Its economic
uses are for pulpwood production, carpentry, furniture components, musical
instruments, boat decking, plywood and fuelwood.
Gmelina is a fast growing plant, which grows on different localities and
prefers on moist fertile valleys. The Gmelina tree is widely planted
throughout the Philippines. Plantations of Gmelina in the Philippines
started in the province of Cebu and Nueva Vizcaya.
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