{"id":1683,"date":"2025-08-20T15:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/?page_id=1683"},"modified":"2025-08-21T22:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:21:34","slug":"heavy-hardwoods-balau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/ms\/heavy-hardwoods-balau\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Hardwoods Balau"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bde-section-1683-127 bde-section\">\n              \n  \n  \n\t    \n      <div class=\"section-background-video\">\n              <video\n          autoplay\n muted\n playsinline\n loop\n>\n        <source src=\"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/13156885_1920_1080_60fps.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>\n      <\/video>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n  <div class=\"section-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-div-1683-132 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"bde-heading-1683-131 bde-heading\">\nBalau\n<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-1683-100 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-div-1683-101 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-1683-102 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"ourapproach\" class=\"bde-heading-1683-104 bde-heading\">\nBalau\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-1683-133 bde-text\">\nThe Standard Malaysian Name for the heavy, yellow to brown timbers of the genus Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae). Vernacular names applied include\u00a0balau\u00a0(Peninsular Malaysia) with various epithets,\u00a0selangan batu No.1 (Sabah), selangan batu\u00a0(Sabah and Sarawak) and other localised names too numerous to be listed here.\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-1683-126 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-1683-125 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-1683-109 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-1683-110 bde-text\">\nColor : \n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-1683-111 bde-text\">\nyellow or grey-brown\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-1683-112 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-1683-113 bde-text\">\nAir-dry Density (kg\/m3):\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-1683-114 bde-text\">\n850-1,155\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-1683-115 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-1683-116 bde-text\">\nFamily:\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-1683-117 bde-text\">\nDipterocarpaceae\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-1683-118 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-1683-119 bde-text\">\nClassification:\u00a0\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-1683-120 bde-text\">\nHeavy Hardwood\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-1683-103 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-1683-135 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-1683-136 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heavy-Hardwoods-BALAU-min.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heavy-Hardwoods-BALAU-min.jpeg 349w, https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heavy-Hardwoods-BALAU-min-222x300.jpeg 222w, https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heavy-Hardwoods-BALAU-min-9x12.jpeg 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-1683-121 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-1683-122 bde-text\">\nUses : \n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-1683-123 bde-text\">\nThe timber is suitable for all forms of heavy construction, marine construction, ship and boat building (keels, keelsons and\u00a0framework), piling, beams, columns (heavy duty), bridges, wharves, cooling tower (structural member), railway sleepers, vehicle bodies (framework and floor boards), boat building, plywood, joinery, cabinet making, mallets, fender supports, door and window frames, staircase (carriage, newel and stringer),\u00a0pallets (heavy and permanent type), tool handles (impact), telegraphic and power transmission posts and cross arms, posts, joists, rafters,\u00a0flooring (heavy traffic), decking\u00a0and heavy duty furniture.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-1683-137 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-1683-138 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-1683-139 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heavy-Hardwoods-BALAU-min.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heavy-Hardwoods-BALAU-min.jpeg 349w, https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heavy-Hardwoods-BALAU-min-222x300.jpeg 222w, https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heavy-Hardwoods-BALAU-min-9x12.jpeg 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balau Balau The Standard Malaysian Name for the heavy, yellow to brown timbers of the genus Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae). Vernacular names applied include\u00a0balau\u00a0(Peninsular Malaysia) with various epithets,\u00a0selangan batu No.1 (Sabah), selangan batu\u00a0(Sabah and Sarawak) and other localised names too numerous to be listed here. Color : yellow or grey-brown Air-dry Density (kg\/m3): 850-1,155 Family: Dipterocarpaceae Classification:\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1683","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pesaka.benamicistudio.com\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}