(1) Timber trees: major commercial timbers sur L'Air du Bois

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(1) Timber trees: major commercial timbers (Plant resources of South-East Asia No. 5)

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Contents 5
Editors and contributors 9
Prosea Board of Trustees and Personnel 13
Foreword 15
1 Introduction 17
1.1 Definitions 17
1.2 Role of timber trees 17
1.2.1 Timber production and trade 17
1.2.2 Wood used for non-timber purposes 21
1.3 Grouping oftimber trees 21
1.4 Botany 22
1.4.1 Taxonomy 22
1.4.2 Morphology 24
1.4.3 Wood anatomy 27
1.4.4 Growth and development 28
1.5 Ecology 31
1.5.1 Climate 31
1.5.2 Soils 33
1.5.3 Forest classification 34
1.6 Properties 35
1.7 Wood processing 40
1.8 Forest management 41
1.8.1 Forest valuation 41
1.8.2 Forest inventory and forest management planning 42
1.8.3 Yield and yield regulation 43
1.8.4 Socio-economic aspects offorest management 44
1.9 Silviculture 46
1.9.1 Silvicultural systems in natural forest 47
1.9.2 Silvicultural procedures for natural forest management 47
1.9.3 Forest plantation systems 48
1.9.4 Silvicultural procedures for forest plantation systems 48
1.10 Timber harvesting and post-harvest handling 51
1.11 Agroforestry and urban forestry 52
1.11.1 Agroforestry 52
1.11.2 Urban forestry 54
1.12 Forest and timber policy 54
1.12.1 Global 54

1.12.2 Regional 56
1.12.3 National 57
1.13 Biodiversity, conservation and breeding 61
1.14 Forestry research in South-East Asia 62
1.14.1 Main research topics 62
1.14.2 Main institutions 62
1.15 Prospects 64
2 Alphabetical treatment of genera 67
Afzelia • afzelia 69
Agathis • kauri 73
Alstonia • pulai, hard alstonia 82
Altingia • rasamala 90
Anisoptera • mersawa 94
Anthocephalus • kadam 102
Araucaria • araucaria 108
Calophyllum • bintangor 114
Campnosperma • terentang 132
Cotylelobium • resak 139
Cratoxylum • geronggang, derum 143
Cynometra • kekatong 151
Dalbergia • sonokeling, sonosissoo 155
Dialium • keranji 161
Dipterocarpus • keruing 166
Dryobalanops • kapur 186
Endospermum • sesendok 193
Eucalyptus • eucalypt 200
Eusideroxylon • ulin 211
Gmelina • yemani, white beech 215
Gonystylus • ramin 221
Heritiera • mengkulang, dungun 230
Hopea (merawan) • merawan 238
Hopea (giam) • giam 255
Intsia • merbau 264
Koompassia • kempas, tualang 270
Lophopetalum • perupok 275
Madhuca • nyatoh, bitis 283
Manilkara • manilkara 294
Neobalanocarpus • chengal 299
Palaquium • nyatoh, bitis 303
Paraserianthes • batai 319
Parashorea • white seraya, gerutu 325
Payena • nyatoh, bitis 333
Pericopsis • pericopsis 342
Peronema • sungkai 345
Pinus • pine 349
Pometia • kasai 357
Pouteria • nyatoh, bitis 362
Pterocarpus • narra 374
Scaphium • kembang semangkok 379
Shorea (red meranti) • light red meranti, dark red meranti 384
Shorea (white meranti) • white meranti 404
Shorea (yellow meranti) • yellow meranti 413
Shorea (balau and red balau) • balau, red balau 421
Sindora • sepetir 434
Swietenia • mahogany 442
Tectona • teak 448
Tetramerista • punah 454
Upuna • upun 458
Vatica • resak 461

Table on wood properties of selected species 475
Literature 500
Acknowledgments 545
Acronyms of organizations 547
Glossary 548
Sources of illustrations 563
Sources of photographs 571
Index of scientific plant names 572
Index of vernacular plant names 591
The Prosea Foundation 607