red lauan

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Philippine mahogany, red lauan, white lauan

The wood of trees of several genera found in the Philippines; not a true mahogany, but resembles true mahogany in grain; density ranges from very light to quite heavy; whitish-yellow to pink, brown, or dark red in color; the heavier, darker woods are generally durable and quite strong and are used like true mahogany; the lighter-weight, colored woods are used for interior carpentry, plywood, and general construction.

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No references found			Light red lauan is used frequently for light structural work, carpentry, panelling, low cost furniture, and drawer sides and backs. Lauan: the Philippine mahogany that is no more by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products Dark red meranti, dark red seraya and red lauan emanate from the Shorea species Shorea pauciflora, Shorea acuminata, Shorea curtsii, Shorea negrosensis, Shorea polysperma, Shorea squamata, Shorea palosapis and Shorea agsaboensis. Meranti by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products			Red Flannel Festival Red Fleet State Park red fox Red Friday red giant red giant star red giant tip red glass Red Gold Red Guard Red Guards red gum red hat Red Haw State Park red heart red hematite Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial Red Hills State Park Red Hundreds Red International of Trade Unions red iron ore Red Jacket Red Jungle Fowl red lake C pigment Red Lake County red lauan red lead red lead ore red leaf red light red liquor Red Lithuanian Cattle red loam red locust red magnetism red maids red mercury sulfide red metal red mud red nitric acid red nucleus red oak red ocher red oil red on blue red on green red on yellow red orpiment red oxide red oxide of zinc red pepper			Red Knot red knots red knots red knots red knots Red koji rice Red Kojic Rice red kowhai red lake C pigment Red Lake County Red Lake County Central High School Red Lake County, Minnesota Red Lake County, MN Red Lake Elementary School Red Lake Falls Branch Library Red Lake High School Red Lake Indian Reservation Red Lake Joint Venture Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital Red Lake School District Red Lake Watershed District Red Lake, Ontario, Canada Red Lantern Red Lasoda Virus Red Latinoamericana de Antropología Jurídica red lauan red lauan tree red laver Red Layer Microbial Observatory red lead red lead Red lead ore Red lead ore red lead1 red leaf Red Lechwe Red Lechwe red left turn arrow Red leg Red legged partridge Red Leicester Red Leicester Red Leicester Red Leicesters Red Leicesters Red Leicesters Red Letter Communications, Inc Red letter day Red letter day Red Letter Tribe Red Libertaria Apoyo Mutuo red light red light Red Light Area Red Light Center Red Light Changer

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