Wood Properties of Some Sri Lankan Timbers Sachini A. Jayasinghe Ref. No. : 17/AS-B/110

Contents – 1. Introduction – 2.

Introduction – What is Timber? – ‘Timber’ is basically defined as wood prepared for use in building and carpentry. – There are two types of woods in trees : Hardwood & Softwood – Out of these, Hardwoods are denser, stronger and durable and hence used for timber purposes mostly. – Construction-grade timber and engineered forest products are some of the highest value products from trees.

Timber in Sri Lanka – Timber resources in Sri Lanka consists of the forest timber resources and the non-forest timber resources.