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Almond wood
Almond wood trees grow in a dry evergreen forest and a mixed deciduous forest scattering in every region of Thailand, whereby the location of the forests must be 150-800 meters higher than the sea level. The almond wood tree usually begins to flower in September. Its wood figure is beautiful, thus, perfect for furniture making and indoor structures.

Rosewood
The habitation of rosewood trees is a mixed deciduous forest scattering in every region of Thailand, where the terrain must be 100-700 meters, or 1,000 meters, above the sea level. The rosewood trees can also be found in Myanmar, Lao, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It flowers in March to May. The pod of the rosewood tree will get ripen within 3-4 months after blooming. The color of the wood is yellowish, light brown. Its heartwood is of purple color or brown color with a tint of purple and black stripes penetrating all over. The texture of the wood is moderately fine with narrow stripes of interlocked grain, tough and strong, difficult to saw or cut, but easy to varnish. Suitable for making furniture and tool handles. Due to its fine-looking and durability, the products made of the rosewood are expensive.

Siamese Rosewood
Siamese rosewood trees scatter in a mixed deciduous forest and a dry evergreen forest in the middle, the east, and north-east regions of Thailand, whereas the area must be 100-250 meters above the sea level. The Siamese rosewood trees can be found in Lao, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The flower season is during May-July and the pod will get ripen 3-4 months after blooming. The wood color is light brown; its heartwood is of purple-mixed red color or the darker shade of red with black streaks. The wood consisting of interlocked grains is of fine texture; tough and strong; durable; easy to varnish and oily. It is suitable for making furniture, combs, canes, and tool handles, and carving application. Its products are fine-looking, durable and expensive.

Iron Wood
Commonly dispersing in all regions of Thailand, the iron wood tree usually grows along a creek, stream, or on the river-edge in the forest of the medium height to 600 meters above the sea level. It can also be found in Myanmar, Lao, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. The iron wood tree usually flowers in February to May; the fruit is getting ripe in April to June. The color of wood is yellowish brown; the heartwood color is reddish brown. Suitable for construction and building e.g. houses, bridges, railroad crossties, and ships. Added with salt, the water boiled with the tree bark helps prevent teeth loosening due to taking the mercury-processed medicine, when used for gargle. The tree bark-boiled water is also used to cleanse the chronic wound. After mixed with oil, the latex can be applied to heal a wound. A mixture of resin of iron wood tree and the wood preservative oil is used as a lacquer and applied to caulk a boat.

Hopea ferrea Laness Tree
Clustering in the evergreen forest at 100-350 meters above the sea level, Hopea ferrea Laness tree can grow on both a plain where water can be easily seeped through layers of soil and a limestone foothill in every region of Thailand. It is also found in Lao, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. It flowers in August to December and the fruit is ripe in September to April. The color of wood is ranging from light yellow to reddish brown, with greenish brown streaks. Due to its strength, the wood lumber is suitable for making posts, beams, joists, bridges, crossties, ship skeleton, and etc. After boiled with the bark and salt, the water is gargled to prevent teeth loosening due to taking a medicine which is prepared with the addition of mercury, and cleansing the chronic wound. After mixed with oil, the latex can be applied to heal a wound.

Yang
Scattering in every region of Thailand at the medium height to 350 meters above the sea level, Yang tree usually grows on the low-land by the creek, stream, and on the hills. It is also found in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Lao, Cambodia, the south of Vietnam, and Malaysia. It flowers in November to May and the fruit is ripe in March to February. The wood lumber is used in construction e.g. floors, walls, beams, joists, chests, and etc. The oil extract is used to coat the timber, caulk a boat, seal the woven-ware, make a torch, replace the crude oil in the engine, cure leprosy by applying on the infected skin, and cure venereal disease by orally taking.

Mesawa or Krabak
Scattering in every region of Thailand at 30-600 meters above the sea level, Mesawa tree usually grows in an evergreen forest, and a moist deciduous forest. In other countries, it is found in Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. It flowers in December to February and the fruit is ripe in February to April. The color of wood is ranging from yellowish brown to dark brown. Its application is in field of construction, making umbrellas, formworks, and chests. The tree resin is used to mix with the wood preservative oil and lacquer, and to caulk a boat.

Sharea obtusa tree
Found in every region of Thailand at 150-1,300 meters above the sea level, Sharea obtuse tree scatters in a big cluster in a dry dipterocarp forest and a deciduous forest. It can grow in the laterite soil, and on the sandstone mountain. It can be found in Myanmar, Lao, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It flowers in February to May and the fruit is ripe in April to July. The color of wood is ranging from light brown to reddish brown. Due to its strength, the wood lumber is suitable for making posts, beams, joists, crossbeams, floors, crossties, ship skeleton, and etc. Its bark is used to heal wounds, stop bleeding, heal chronic sores and impetigo. The tree resin is used to mix with the wood preservative oil, and to caulk a boat.

Teak
At the medium height to 900 meters above the sea level, the teak tree is found in a deciduous forest in the northern region and lightly dispersed in the west of Thailand. Presently, the teak tree is commonly planted in the forestry plantation all over the country. It is also found in India, Myanmar, and Lao. The wood has a fine-looking figure, and durability. It is suitable for house and ship construction, and furniture making. Used as herbal, its wood and leafs can cure diabetes, urinary problem, and kidney problems; used as carminative and boiled in water to bath chicken-pox infected children. The young leafs give red color, thus can be used as a dye for cloth and paper.

Source: Tree characteristics in Thailand, printed on the commemoration of His Majesty the King's 6th cycle birthday anniversary celebration, 5th December 1999.