Canada Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I'll ask this question where I think some people may have the knowledge. If there is a better forum for it, maybe a mod would be kind enough to move it there. I am looking for translations of Thai names for common hardwoods found in the area. Mai dteng Mai eteuk or elam (this stuff makes you sneeze when you cut it) It is beautful wood though. Mai pratuMai sak (Teak) Any others?There is an old archived thread on this but I am looking for the name of this "etuek" wood.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgs2001uk Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Read this, http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/201757-local-wood-varieties/ Can you read Thai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 Hey, that's a great thread. Thank you very much. I can read Thai, but only at about a grade 2 level I still do not know what the wood is called that makes you sneeze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletiger Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 The wood they turn into tissue paper?I'll get my coat. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 If you know the Thai name, type it, inThai, into Thai googal, it should give you the latin name in english you can work from there . I have done it a few times. I ask the misses to write it out before, then I spend 5 minutes typing one word. I normaly get there in the end Yours Reg KS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 If you know the Thai name, type it, inThai, into Thai googal, it should give you the latin name in english you can work from there . I have done it a few times. I ask the misses to write it out before, then I spend 5 minutes typing one word. I normaly get there in the end Yours Reg KS K. I'll try that.Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICHONSTEVE Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 If you know the Thai name, type it, inThai, into Thai googal, it should give you the latin name in english you can work from there . I have done it a few times. I ask the misses to write it out before, then I spend 5 minutes typing one word. I normaly get there in the end Yours Reg KS Is Thai Googal the same as Thai Google!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 If you know the Thai name, type it, inThai, into Thai googal, it should give you the latin name in english you can work from there . I have done it a few times. I ask the misses to write it out before, then I spend 5 minutes typing one word. I normaly get there in the end Yours Reg KS K. I'll try that.Thx. Tried that. No luck. They must use a local dialect name for this wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Canada Can you type the Thai name, here in Thai, ?my misses is good on woods ,if it as you say the name is a local dialect,might struggle, or some one else might know. Reg K PS Thai Googal, Thai Google nearly the same . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 ไม้อีทึก HI. Thanks, yes wifey says it is Issan language, which is likely Laos. She doesn't know the Thai name. Let me know what your wifey thinks. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loong Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Don't know if this is the tree that you are referring to Ptaeroxylon obliquum - sneezewood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Don't know if this is the tree that you are referring to Ptaeroxylon obliquum - sneezewood It often lasts longer than brass or iron when used for machine bearings Interesting..... but not native to here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Loong has come up trumps, my misses did not know, being a Lopburi girl, also not being native to Thailand , enjoyed reading about it on wiki, intesting wood, All the best KS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Your Mai Pratu I think is Pterocarpus indicus or Burmese Rosewood . The Thai google has 2 variety's, a Thai, plus a "keck" in Thai, in english ,guest, visitor,/ Indian. Which I take as a different variety that has found it's way in to the Thailand? That could be Inian Rosewood. All the best KS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjefrie Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 (edited) If you know the latin name of your tree/plant then you can find the Thai name herehttp://web3.dnp.go.th/botany/ThaiPlantName/DefaultEng.aspxexample: TeakGenus = TectonaThe search results list (1 genus) Tectona (2 Species)Tectona grandis L.f. [T] (12 )Kho–yia–o (Lawa-Chiang Mai)Pa–yi (Karen-Kanchanaburi)Pi–hi (Karen-Mae Hong Son)Pi–hue (Karen-Mae Hong Son)Poe–yi (Karen-Mae Hong Son)Sak (Central,Surat Thani)Se–ba–yi (Karen-Kamphaeng Phet)Tectona hamiltoniana Wall. [ExT] (3 )Sak khi kai (Lampang,Northern)Sak pha ma (Northern)Or have a look at this websitehttp://www.qsbg.org/Database/Botanic_Book%20full%20option/Search_page.asp Edited May 26, 2013 by sjefrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjefrie Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 From the same websitePterocarpus (3 Species)Pterocarpus indicus Willd. [T] (7 )Du ban (Northern)Pra du king on (Central)Pra du ban (Central)Pra du lai (Central,Lampang)Sa–no (Malay-Narathiwat)Pterocarpus macrocarpus Kurz [T] (11 )Chi–tok (Shan-Mae Hong Son)Cha nong (Chiang Mai)Du (Northern)Du pa (Northern)Ta–loe (Karen-Mae Hong Son)Toe–loe (Karen-Mae Hong Son)Pra du (Central)Pra du pa (Central)Pra du sen (Trat,Saraburi)Pterocarpus santalinus L.f. [ExT] (1 )Ratta chan (Central)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjefrie Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Mai dteng ??? (Daeng) ???Xylia (2 Specieses)Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. var. kerrii (Craib & Hutch.) I.C.Nielsen [T] (19 )Krom (Chaobon-Nakhon Ratchasima)Khwai (Karen-Chiang Mai,Karen-Mae Hong Son)Cha–lan (Shan-Mae Hong Son,Shan-Mae Hong Son)Daeng (Central,Songkhla)Ta–krom (Chong-Chanthaburi)Pran (Suai-Surin)Prai (Si Sa Ket)Phan (Lawa-Chiang Mai)Phoei (Karen-Tak)Phre (Karen-Mae Hong Son,Malay-Narathiwat)Sa–krom (Khmer-Chanthaburi)Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. var. xylocarpa [T] (6 )Khwai (Karen-Mae Hong Son)Daeng (Central,Songkhla)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylia_xylocarpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjefrie Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Much more Local Wood Varieties on ThaiVisa http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/201757-local-wood-varieties/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjefrie Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Much more Local Wood Varieties on ThaiVisa http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/201757-local-wood-varieties/ Ooopps not seen double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packdee Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 (edited) ไม้อีทึก HI. Thanks, yes wifey says it is Issan language, which is likely Laos. She doesn't know the Thai name. Let me know what your wifey thinks. Cheers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albizia_lebbeck http://www.panmai.com/PvTree/tr_42.shtml The Woman's-tongue Tree พฤกษ์, Siris, Kokko, Indian Walnut (Albizia lebbeck)() is The provincial tree o Maha Sarakam. The tree symbol was assigned to the province in 1994 by Queen Sirikit. Edited May 26, 2013 by Packdee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Yeah it's the pepper tree that makes you sneeze... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjefrie Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 And the winner is .... Col. Packdee !!!Congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Posted May 26, 2013 Author Share Posted May 26, 2013 Yup. That's it. Thank you. Local guys hate working with the stuff. Turns you into a sneezing idiot. I bought a 4 meter section 50x50 cm which I had cut in 2 meter section and then ripped into 2" planks. We built double french style doors (4 sets) and kitchen work countertops. Vey nice wood to look at. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletiger Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 This guy has got rosewood for sale......not to be sneezed at. http://bangkok.craigslist.co.th/mat/3955700777.html Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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