The Species of Wood

Species of wood

In the following you see an overview, the high-quality species of wood used by thebalinesischen art boobs. 
Cendana (sandalwood, Santalum album)Cendana (Sandelholz, Santalum album)
Probably the most expensive and most valuable wood. Even the wooden flour is used to the production by rod of perfume. These are used with ceremonies. Also in the traditional medicine sandalwood finds his place.
The ideal wood for the craft. Hard, very fragrantly, firmly and robustly. Very seldom, a category for himself.
Magnolia (Magnolia)
A species of wood which is normally used for the construction by temples. It is difficult to find the really active trees, and therefore also sculptures and craft work of magnolia wood.
Some people call this species of wood holy. Earlier the blossom became traditional than hair cream, today to the perfume production used. The wood is less robust and firm.

Nangka (jack fruit, melon-like fruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus)
An expensive species of wood, also for the construction of temples and for the production of the basic frame of the Gamelan (traditional instrument; mead allophone with blow work) is used.
By the yellow colouring the wood is easy to recognise.

Jepun (Frangipani, temple tree, Plumeria)
The blossom is known by the fine smell and the white-yellow colouring very much. The wood has a soft surface and structure. Nowadays the expensive flower essence of the temple tree is used to the perfume production.

Jati (teak wood, Tectona grandis)
Very robust wood with exotic grain. It is a popular wood to the furniture production.Sehr robustes Holz mit exotischer Maserung. Es ist ein beliebtes Holz zur Möbelherstellung.
The teak wood does not find often use with statues or sculptures, but rather with reliefs or coverings.
Pangal buaya (crocodile wood, Zanthoxylum rhetsa)
The wood is suited very well to the production by sculptures. Not very hard and robustly, rather softy, with nice exotic grain. Some artists retain the surface with spinous processes on the sculptures to lend an individual style to the work.
The gnarled spinous processes remind of crocodile teeth, and give his name to the wood. Because of the bright colour it is also called the "ivory of the wood".


Sawo (Sapodilla, Manilkara zapota)
Investigations in old temples in Egypt and Mexico proved that at that time this wood already uses, and his long durability was estimated.The wood is also suitable very well to the production of sculptures, because it breaks during the treatment not easily. The dark colouring and the nice grain round the picture.

Mahoni (mahogany, Swietenia macrophylla)
Mahogany is well suited to the furniture production, and on account of his brown-reddish colouring very much popularly. It has a fine grain and is also used to the production by statues in bigger number of pieces, because the wood is not so expensive. 

Waru (Hibiscus, Hibiscus sabdariffa)
The probably most favorable wood. Very easily and softy and with bright colouring.