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Didymocheton pettigrewianus
Also called Cairns Satinwood, Spurwood
Didymocheton pettigrewianus, commonly known as spur mahogany, spurwood, or Cairns satinwood, is a large tree in the family Meliaceae. It is native to the rainforests of Malesia, Papuasia and Queensland. In Queensland it occurs only in a small part of the northeast coast.
In Australia Didymocheton pettigrewianus grows in well developed rainforest from just north of Hope Vale to the Paluma Range, just north of Townsville. It is also found in the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.
The timber of Didymocheton pettigrewianus is classified as a hardwood, with a specific gravity of 865 kg/m3 (1,458.0 lb/cu yd). It is red/brown in colour and is used as a general purpose and cabinet timber. It was once popular for boat building.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Didymocheton pettigrewianus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
