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APITONG

Dipterocarpus spp.
Dipterocarpus spp. of the family Dipterocarpaceae, the dipterocarp family.

There are perhaps a dozen Dipterocarpus species that are generally lumped together under the common names apitong and keruing, among several others. It is not clear to me that all of the species are always sold using either common name indiscriminately, but I cannot find sufficient information to distinguish among them and so I lump them together here.

Despite having a small sample, I am not really familiar with this wood. Paul van Rijckevorsel tells me this is a rough and tough wood from SE Asia (he was speaking of Dipterocarpus spp. and specifically the common name keruing).

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my samples:


small plank and end grain


end grain closeup of the piece directly above

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web pics:


plank


planks listed as keruing


flooring