Thai Wood Species -ไม้กัลเกลา (Gan Glow)

[Thai Tim]

Hi Wood Experts,

Anyone had any experience of working with this Thai wood called Gan Glow (ไม้กัลเกลา) or know of the suitability of using it for wood feature construction for outdoor use?

Many Thanks

[Foxx]

(1) I believe you probably misspelt the name, and it's กันเกรา.

 

(2) Its common English name is tembusu.

 

(3) Wikipedia has an article on tembusu that states "The trunk of this tree can produce very hard wood that can be used to make chopping boards and floors. The wood can last over a hundred years, as it is not consumed by termites and weevils."

[Thai Tim]

@Foxx Thanks

[mahjongguy]

Very suitable for outdoors but quite hard and thus not easy to work with, more so than teak. 

 

My Surin gardener also says it is expensive and even a bit rare. Might want a second opinion unless you trust the sourse.