Ambika Wood Industries

Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

The scientific name is Pterocarpus soyauxi. Padauk Hardwood are of African or Asian origin. Padauks are valued for their toughness, stability in use, and decorativeness, most having a reddish wood. Heartwood color can vary, ranging from a pale pinkish orange to a deep brownish red. Most pieces tend to start reddish orange when freshly cut, darkening substantially over time to a reddish/purplish brown. Padauks initial orange coloration can be preserved through various finishing procedures. Has a coarse texture and fairly large and open pores. Grain is usually straight, but can sometimes be interlocked. Veneer, flooring, turned objects, musical instruments, furniture, tool handles, and other small specialty wood objects.

Scientific Name Erythrophleum Ivorense. The Tali Hardwood is orange, yellow and brown to reddish brown. Tali is of African origin. The sapwood is striped and clearly demarcated. The grain is interlocked and the texture is coarse. The species is considerably stronger than White oak or Teak. It has exceptionally high bending strength qualities when air-dried. Maximum crushing strength or compression parallel to grain is exceptionally high. The species has very high density and so it is preferred more for the lorry body building industry. Used For

• Bridge construction
• Exterior uses
• Harbor work
• Heavy construction
• Building construction
• Building materials
• Construction
• Docks
• Exterior trim & siding
• Factory construction and Flooring

One of the most distinctive woods in the world, Purple Heart Hardwood is prized for its very unusual deep purple color. When freshly cut, this dense hardwood is light brown. Within minutes the surface turns an astonishing bright purple. Upon prolonged exposure to sunlight, the color gradually changes to a chocolate-purple color. This beautiful wood is straight to wavy grained, fine and uniform textured and fairly smooth with a medium to high luster. Purpleheart turns smoothly, is easy to glue, takes finishes well and is highly durable. The wood is used for furniture making because of its distinctive and attractive finish and it is also used for making Musical instrument like Guitars.

Scientific name of Selangan Balu Hardwood is Shorea laevis. The hardwood of this timber is naturally durable, but the sapwood is liable to fungal infestation.The timber is extremely resistant totreatment with preservatives.Texture is fine and even with deeply interlocked grain. Used In

• Boat building
• Woodenware
• Building materials
• Dining-room furniture
• Drawer sides
• Excelsior
• Figured veneer
• Fine furniture
• Flooring
• Lifeboats
• Living-room suites
• Office furniture
• Parquet flooring
• Plain veneer
• Shipbuilding

The Kapur Hardwood is reddish brown and clearly demarcated from the pale sapwood. The wood is fairly coarse textured but uniform. Kapur Hardwood is straighter grained and not quite as coarse in texture. The Kapur Hardwood is rated resistant to attack by decay fungi; it is reported to be vulnerable to termites. Kapur Hardwood is extremely resistant to preservative treatment. The wood works with moderate ease in most hand and machine operations, but blunting of cutters may be severe because of silica content particularly when the dry wood is machined. It takes nails and screws satisfactorily.