Albizia
(Albizia Falcataria)
A timber tree, it is also
one of the quickest-growing trees of Malaysia. It is highly
regarded as shade tree, sometimes used for coffee shade.
The wood is described as soft but suitable for tea boxes,
as pulpwood, fibreboard and particle-board. Albizia is also
used for veneer core stock pallets, boxes, crates, furniture
components, matches, and for certain grades of paper.
Albizia's soft wood are rotary peeled and processed for
core stock. The soft, low-density wood is easy to chip and
yields much pulp with relatively low chemical input. Because
of its light color, only minimum bleaching is required to
achieve a good white paper. The woods are nonsiliceous,
usually light colored with some open pores.
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