Basic Specific Gravity of Indian Tree Species

List with basic specific gravity values for tree species common to India.

basic specific gravity =  green volume and oven-dry weight

Common Name	Binomial	Basic Specific Gravity	Region
Alexandrian Laurel, Malayalam, Namaeruak, Sans	Calophyllum wightianum	0.57	India
Andaman Bullet-Wood	Manilkara littoralis	0.9	India
Apple Blossom / Pink And White Shower Tree / Javanese Cassia	Cassia javanica	0.64	India
Banyan Tree / Banyan / Indian Fig Tree / Bar / Bor / Barh	Ficus benghalensis	0.59	India
Beach Mulberry / Great Morinda / Ach / Manjanatti / Nuna / Indian Mulberry	Morinda citrifolia	0.72	India
Bedda Nut Tree / Belleric Myrobalan / Beach Almond / Bhaira / Bahera	Terminalia belirica	0.76	India
Bengal Kino / Bastard Teak / Flame Of Forest / Palash / Dhak	Butea monosperma	0.56	India
Bili Nandi / Bendeku	Lagerstroemia microcarpa	0.5	India
Bilimbi / Chemmeenpuli / Irumbanpuli	Averrhoa bilimbi	0.56	India
Bilitirupa / Nirnavaal / Karinjaval / Aattunjaval	Syzygium gardneri	0.76	India
Bintangur	Calophyllum tomentosum	0.53	India
Bishopwood / Tiger Tree / Bishopweed / Kein / Toog /Javawood	Bischofia javanica	0.72	India
Black Dammar	Canarium strictum	0.53	India
Black Kongu / Karakongu	Hopea utilis	0.84	India
Black Varnish Tree	Holigarna arnottiana	0.32718	India
Blinding Tree	Excoecaria agallocha	0.38	India
Blue Pine / Himalayan White Pine / Bhutan Pine	Pinus wallichiana	0.43	India
Buddha's Coconut Tree / Anathondi	Pterygota alata	0.48	India
Burma Blackwood	Dalbergia cultrata	0.77	India
Burmese Lacquer	Gluta usitata	0.74	India
Butterfly Tree / Purple Orchid Tree / Camel Hoof Tree	Bauhinia purpurea	0.72	India
Buttontree / Dhau / Dhoy / Dhaura	Anogeissus acuminata	0.88	India
Camphor / Camphor Laurel / Karpur	Cinnamomum camphora	0.62	India
Candle Nut Tree / Kukui	Aleurites moluccana	0.6	India
Cannon Ball Tree	Xylocarpus granatum	0.66297	India
Carattannili	Dipterocarpus bourdilloni	0.58	India
Cedar, Pink / Korangatti	Acrocarpus fraxinifolius	0.68	India
Ceylon Oak / Lac Tree / Ma / Macassar Oil Tree / Kusam	Schleichera oleosa	1.08	India
Chaplash	Artocarpus chaplasha	0.45	India
Chaulmoogra	Gynocardia odorata	0.39606	India
Chebulic Myrombalam / Black Myrobalan / Harra / Harara	Terminalia chebula	0.88	India
China-Shrub / Bisi	Ardisia solanacea	0.62	India
Chinese Elm	Ulmus lanceaefolia	0.70602	India
Chinese Soapberry / Soapnut / Ritha	Sapindus mukorossi	0.7	India
Chinese Tallow / Candleberry-Tree / Pippalyang	Sapium sebiferum	0.51	India
Chirauli Nut	Buchanania latifolia	0.46	India
Common Sausage Tree / Jhar Fanoos / Balam Khira	Kigelia africana	0.7	India
Crepe Myrtle / Crepe Flower / Sida / Bakli	Lagerstroemia parviflora	0.62	India
Crepe Myrtle Tree / Pride-Of-India / Jarul	Lagerstroemia speciosa	0.64	India
Curry Leaf / Bursunga / Meetha Neem / Katneem	Murraya koenigii	0.68	India
Custard Apple, Sugar Apple / Sharifa / Sitaphal	Annona squamosa	0.73	India
Dhaman	Grewia tiliaefolia	0.65	India
Dhao, Dhankra, Ghavad	Anogeissus sericea	0.74	India
Dhok / Dhonk / Dhonkda	Anogeissus pendula	0.94	India
Dinnerplate Tree / Kanak Champa / Padma Pushp / Parivyadh	Pterospermum acerifolium	0.72	India
Dita Bark Tree / Devil Tree / Saptaparni / Scholar	Alstonia scholaris	0.44	India
Divi Divi	Caesalpinia coriaria	1.18	India
East Indian Copal	Canarium bengalense	0.56	India
Ebony Tree / Kachnar	Bauhinia variegata	0.7	India
Egyptian Riverhemp / Common Sesban / Egyptian Rattlepod / Shevari / Jayanti / Raysinghani	Sesbania sesban	0.43	India
Ekdania / Katti-Daman / Kasai / Kattian	Bridelia retusa	0.5	India
False Ashok / Mast Tree / Dedbari / Ashok / Aranamaram / Cherunna	Polyalthia longifolia	0.59	India
Fern Tree	Filicium decipiens	0.96	India
Fir, West Himalayan / Pindrow / Ragha	Abies pindrow	0.38	India
Five Finger / Aanappulinchakka / Thamaratha / Kamranga Tree	Averrhoa carambola	0.6	India
Five Leaved Chaste Tree / Nirgundi	Vitex negundo	0.67	India
Fragrant Bay Tree	Persea odoratissima	0.57	India
Garuga / Kharpat	Garuga pinnata	0.64	India
Guava / Guajava / Common Guava / Amrood	Psidium pomiferum	0.67	India
Guest Tree / Bhola	Kleinhovia hospita	0.44	India
Gum Arabic Tree / Babul / Thorn Mimosa / Egyptian Acacia	Acacia arabica	0.86	India
Gummy Cape Jasmine / Dekamella-Gum Gardenia / Cumbi-Gum Tree / Kikemal	Gardenia gummifera	0.61	India
Haldu / Kadami / Kadamba	Adina cordifolia	0.59	India
Hattipaila	Pterocarpus acerifolius	0.51	India
Himalayan Cedar / Deodar Cedar / Devdar	Cedrus deodara	0.47	India
Himalayan Cypress / Bhutan Cypress	Cupressus torulosa	0.44	India
Himalayan Elm / Kashmir Elm / Bhutan Elm	Ulmus wallichiana	0.44	India
Himalayan Hemlock	Tsuga brunoniana	0.38	India
Himalayan Mulberry	Morus serrata	0.58	India
Hirsute Artocarpus / Wild Jack / Aini	Artocarpus hirsutus	0.52	India
Hollong Tree	Dipterocarpus macrocarpus	0.6	India
Hopea / Karimpongu / Kongu / Irumbakam / Naithambaga	Hopea glabra	0.87	India
Hopea / White Kongu / Iron Wood Of Malabar	Hopea parviflora	0.79	India
Hora / Kiripalu	Dipterocarpus zeylanicus	0.689661	India
Indian Bael / Stone Apple / Holy Fruit Tree	Aegle marmelos	0.88	India
Indian Black Wood / Anjan	Hardwickia binata	0.73	India
Indian Cassia / Indian Bay Leaf / Indian Cassia Bark / Tamala Cassia	Cinnamomum tamala	0.64	India
Indian Catmon / Elephant Apple / Girnar / Chalta / Karmabel	Dillenia indica	0.7	India
Indian Cheryy / Fragrant Manjack	Cordia dichotoma	0.36	India
Indian Cork Tree / Corckumaram / Kattumalli / Tree Jasmine / Maramalli	Millingtonia hortensis	0.64	India
Indian Frankincense / Incense Tree / Indian Olibanum / Salai	Boswellia serrata	0.5	India
Indian Horse Chestnut / Himalayan Horse Chestnut	Aesculus indica	0.46494	India
Indian Laburnum / Purging Cassia	Cassia fistula	0.96	India
Indian Laurel Fig / Thapsi / Phrapsi	Ficus retusa	0.64	India
Indian Mahogany / Red Cedar /Sandal Neem / Toon Tree	Cedrela toona	0.56	India
Indian Mango / Cuckoo's Joy, Mango, Mango Tree	Mangifera indica	0.68	India
Indian Maple	Acer caesium	0.49938	India
Indian Oak / Small Indian Oak / Attupezhu	Barringtonia acutangula	0.62	India
Indian Red Wood / Rohan	Soymida febrifuga	0.96	India
Indian Rubber Fig	Ficus elastica	0.68	India
Indian Tree Spurge / Milk Bush / Pencil Bush	Euphorbia tirucalli	0.54	India
Indian-Buttertree	Diploknema butyracea	0.63	India
Indonesia Rosewood / Bombay Blackwood / Malabar Rosewood / Sitsal	Dalbergia latifolia	0.8	India
Ironwood / Kassod	Cassia siamea	0.86	India
Jambu	Xylia xylocarpa	0.68	India
Japanese Medlar / Loquat / Japanese Plum / Lokat	Eriobotrya japonica	0.88	India
Java Plum / Neredu / Naval / Jambol / Jaman / Jambu / Black Plum	Syzygium cumini	0.76	India
Jonesia Asoka	Saraca indica	0.8	India
Jujube Tree / Indian Jujube / Chinese Date / Common Jujub / Ber	Ziziphus jujuba	0.92	India
Jungle Cork Tree / Indian Elm / Kanju / Papri / Papdi	Holoptelea integrifolia	0.5	India
Kandi / Jat / Jhand	Prosopis spicigera	0.63	India
Kaori	Grewia multiflora	0.57	India
Katber	Ziziphus xylopyrus	0.66297	India
Katu Yette	Lepisanthes tetraphylla	0.96	India
Khaiger /kanta / Chira / Kaigu / Banni / Ansandra	Acacia ferruginea	0.88	India
Kiinankadami	Breonia chinensis	0.42	India
Kirballi / Vayanavu / Pudangalli	Poeciloneuron indicum	0.9	India
Kulamavu / Uravu / Kulirmavu,	Persea macrantha	0.44	India
Lilac Tree / Persian Lilac / Chinaberry / Bead Tree / Umbrella Tree / Pride Of India / White Cedar	Melia azedarach	0.56	India
Litchi / Litchi Nut	Litchi chinensis	0.96	India
Longleaf Pine / Chir	Pinus longifolia	0.48	India
Longwood	Haematoxylum campechianum	1.04	India
Looking Glass Tree / Sundari	Heritiera littoralis	1.04	India
Madras Thorn / Jangal Jalebi	Pithecellobium dulce	0.64	India
Magizham / Bakula / Pagade Tree's / Maulsari / Bulletwood / Indian Medlar	Mimusops elengi	0.8	India
Malay Apple / Malaysian Apple / Pomerac	Syzygium malaccense	0.6	India
Malkakni / Dhebri / Jamrasi / Kondagaid	Elaeodendron glaucum	0.72	India
Mangrove Apple / Sonneratia Mangrove / Marai Maa	Sonneratia apetala	0.52	India
Mangrove Trumpet-Tree	Dolichandrone spathacea	0.56	India
Maple, Campbell's	Acer campbellii	0.49938	India
Maple, Franchet's	Acer sterculiaceum	0.35301	India
Maple, Himalayan / Evergreen Maple / Kashmir	Acer oblongum	0.6027	India
Maple, Painted	Acer pictum	0.62853	India
Marodphali	Heterophragma adenophyllum	0.76	India
Moa Tree / Gilaunda / Mahua / Vanprasth	Madhuca latifolia	0.99	India
Monkeyfruit / Lakoocha / Badahara,	Artocarpus lakoocha	0.64	India
Narela	Polyalthia cerasoides	0.83	India
New Guinea Rosewood	Dipterocarpus indicus	0.62	India
Officinal Drypetes / Jivapota	Putranjiva roxburghii	0.57	India
Oil Cake Tree / Bitter Albizia Wheel Tree / Lallei / Krishna Siris	Albizia amara	0.72324	India
Pala Indigo / Dyers's Oleander / Dudhi	Wrightia tinctoria	0.8	India
Palai	Palaquium ellipticum	0.53	India
Persian Walnut / English Walnut / Common Walnut	Juglans regia	0.47	India
Persimmon Ebony / Coromandel Ebony / Malabar Ebony	Diospyros melanoxylon	0.68	India
Phalsa / Dhamin	Grewia asiatica	0.58548	India
Pindar/ Pindalu	Trewia nudiflora	0.44	India
Pinervetty / Kattumarotti / Attuchangilai / Kastel	Hydnocarpus alpina	0.6888	India
Pinwheelflower / Crepe Jasmine	Tabernaemontana divaricata	0.75	India
Pipli Tree	Exbucklandia populnea	0.55	India
Plachh / Yuan Mao Yang / Hindi Ban Pipal / Chalaun / Safeda	Populus ciliata	0.37	India
Poison Nut / Snake Wood/ Nux-Vomica / Strychnine Tree / Nux-Vomica Tree / Kuchila	Strychnos nux-vomica	0.86	India
Polavu	Stereospermum xylocarpum	0.59	India
Potka Siris	Albizia lucida	0.88	India
Powder-Puff Tree / Fish-Poison Wood / Fish-Killer Tree	Barringtonia racemosa	0.43	India
Pride Of Burma	Amherstia nobilis	0.8	India
Puna / Kodo Tree	Ehretia serrata	0.64	India
Quarrelsome Tree	Diospyros cordifolia	0.73	India
Red Beadtree / Red Lucky Seed / Red Sandelwood /Condori Wood	Adenanthera pavonina	0.88	India
Red Cassia / Ceylon Senna / Roxburgh's Cassia	Cassia marginata	1.28	India
Red Cutch Red Ebony	Acacia chundra	0.98	India
Red Sandalwood / Ruby Wood / Red Sanders	Pterocarpus santalinus	0.97	India
Reetha	Sapindus laurifolius	1.02	India
Rohituka Tree / Harinkhana	Aphanamixis polystachya	0.64	India
Rose Mallow	Hibiscus populneus	0.8	India
Roxburgh's Kydia / Pula	Kydia calycina	0.2583	India
Sage-Leaved Alangium / Akola / Ankol	Alangium salviifolium	0.8	India
Sal Tree / Salwa / Sakher / Salwa / Sakh	Shorea robusta	0.73	India
Sang Drago / Amboyna Wood / Narra / Sena	Pterocarpus indicus	0.96	India
Senegal Gum	Acacia modesta	0.83517	India
Shitanshu / Vishaha	Melaleuca leucadendron	0.78	India
Silk Oak / Silver Oak / Khajur	Grevillea robusta	0.64	India
Siris Tree / Lebbeck / East India Walnut / Womans Tongue	Albizia lebbeck	0.8	India
Sirpoon Tree / Poonspar Tree	Calophyllum polyanthum	0.43911	India
Sisso / Indian Rosewood	Dalbergia sissoo	0.76	India
South Indian Mahua	Madhuca longifolia	0.74	India
Spurge / Indian Spurge Tree / Oleander Spurge / Patton Ki Send	Euphorbia neriifolia	0.41	India
Sugandhakokila	Cinnamomum cecidodaphne	0.44772	India
Sweet Orange	Citrus sinensis	0.78	India
Syringe Tree / African Tulip Tree / Rugtoora	Spathodea campanulata	0.64	India
Tall Albizia / White Siris / Safed Siris	Albizia procera	0.64	India
Tamarind / Sampalok / Indian Date / Imli	Tamarindus indica	1.28	India
Teak / Saag / Sagwan / Indian-Oak	Tectona grandis	0.72	India
Tellicherry Bark / Ivory Tree / Bitter Oleander / Ester Tree / Conessi Bark / Indrajao / Kutaja / Karva Indrajau	Holarrhena pubescens	0.64	India
Thavidi / Kanakaitha	Miliusa tomentosa	0.62	India
Thingam	Hopea wightiana	0.91266	India
Thitmin / Nageia	Nageia wallichiana	0.46	India
Tinnelvelli Red Wood / Red-Wood Tree	Gluta travancorica	0.62	India
Tiriconamalai Maram	Berrya cordifolia	0.99	India
Toothbrush Tree / Siamese Rough Bush / Sewra / Dahia / Sihora	Streblus asper	0.72	India
Toothed Leaf Chilla / Vapunnakannan	Casearia tomentosa	0.64	India
Torch Tree / Torch Wood Tree / Small Flowered Ixora / Jilpai / Kota Gandhal	Ixora pavetta	0.96	India
Torch Wood / Buttercup Tree / Golden Silk Cotton / Galgal	Cochlospermum gossypium	0.27	India
Tree Of Damocles / Indian Trumpet Flower.	Oroxylum indicum	0.48	India
Tree Of Heaven / Maharukh	Ailanthus excelsa	0.4	India
Tree Of Sadness / Coral Jasmine / Night-Flowering Jasmine / Pavazha Malli	Nyctanthes arbor-tristis	0.88	India
Trincomalee Wood / Halmilla Tree	Berrya cordifolia	0.77	India
Tropical Almond / India Almond	Terminalia catappa	0.51	India
Trumpet Flower / Patiri	Stereospermum personatum	0.6	India
Undapayin / Undaipanu	Gymnacranthera farquhariana	0.43911	India
Ungu / Karanj / Panigrahi / Honge Tree / Indian Beech Tree / Vesi Ne Wai / Pongam Oil Tree	Pongamia pinnata	0.64	India
Vegetable Hummingbird / Swamp Pea / Scarlet Wistaria-Tree / Spanish Armada / Basna / Agasti	Sesbania grandiflora	0.51	India
Vellacheeralam, Karaki	Aglaia hiernii	0.5	India
Venkkotta / Venkadavam / Vembala	Lophopetalum wightianum	0.37	India
Villooni / Karai / Kanakaitha / Kar	Miliusa velutina	0.63	India
Waras	Heterophragma quadriloculare	0.52	India
West Himalayan Alder	Alnus nitida	0.37023	India
West Himalayan Spruce / Morinda Spruce	Picea smithiana	0.4	India
Whistling Pine / She Oak / Junglisaru	Casuarina equisetifolia	0.96	India
White Cedar / Vella Akil	Dysoxylum malabaricum	0.58	India
White Champak	Michelia nilagirica	0.55104	India
White Dammar / Indian Copal Tree / Piney Varnish Tree	Vateria indica	0.48	India
White Kashmir Teak / Coomb Teak / Kambari / Candahar Tree / White Teak / Gamari / Ghumhar	Gmelina arborea	0.56	India
White Thorn	Acacia suma	1.21	India
White Wood Chaste Tree	Vitex leucoxylon	0.52521	India
Wild Guava / Patana Oak / Kumbi / Slow Match Tree	Careya arborea	0.8	India
Wild Mangosteen / Malabar Ebony / Gaub Tree / Riber Ebony	Diospyros peregrina	0.72	India
Wild Nutmeg / Kaatu Jathikai / Ran-Jayphal	Knema attenuata	0.43	India
Winged Myrobalan / Arjuna / Arjun	Terminalia arjuna	0.94	India