Capol - Capol

Japanese: カポール - かぽーる
Capol - Capol

… The wood called tropical timber includes more than a hundred genera and the total number of tree species is thought to exceed 1,000. However, in terms of timber volume, the majority are still Dipterocarpaceae species, especially the lauan-meranti, apitong-kruin, and kapur (locally pronounced kapoor) species, which are estimated to account for about 80% of tropical timber imports.
[American lumber (North American lumber)]
It is imported from Canada and the United States and is composed mainly of softwoods with some hardwoods.

From [Dipterocarp (double-leaf persimmon)]

…The South American species discovered in 1977 is also similar to the African species. The Southeast Asian Dipterocarpaceae are extremely important for timber use, including the lauan meranti ( Shorea , etc.), apitong kuruin ( Diptrocarpus ), and capol ( Dryobalanops ), which are well known in the Japanese timber market. Borneolum (borneol), a compound similar to camphor, is obtained from trees of the Dryobalanops genus. …

From [Ryuunouju (Dragon Brain Tree)]

...The heartwood of this genus is reddish brown to orange brown, with an air-dry specific gravity of 0.6 to 0.8, and is widely used for factory and workshop flooring, plywood, truck beds, building materials, etc. It is one of the main tropical woods imported from Southeast Asia to Japan, and is known as kapur, a common name for Indonesia and Malaysia. Foreign wood [Ogata Ken]. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Capol" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 南洋材と呼ばれる木材の中には百数十属からの樹種が含まれ,その樹種の数は1000を超えると考えてよい。しかし,材積で考えるとその大半は依然としてフタバガキ科の樹種,とくにラワン・メランチ類,アピトン・クルイン類,カプール(現地読みではカポール)類などで,これらは南洋材輸入量の約80%くらいと推定される。
[米材(北米材)]
 カナダおよびアメリカから輸入され,針葉樹材が主で,若干量の広葉樹材を含んでいる。…

【フタバガキ(双葉柿)】より

…1977年に発見された南アメリカの種類もアフリカのものに近い。東南アジアのフタバガキ科は木材の利用上きわめて重要で,それにはラワン・メランチ類(Shoreaなど),アピトン・クルイン類(Dipterocarpus),カポール(Dryobalanops)など,日本の木材市場で広く知られるものが含まれる。リュウノウジュ属Dryobalanopsの樹木からはショウノウ(樟脳)に似た成分のリュウノウ(竜脳,ボルネオール)が得られる。…

【リュウノウジュ(竜脳樹)】より

…この属の木材は,心材が赤褐色~橙褐色,気乾比重0.6~0.8で,工場や作業場の床板,合板,トラック等の荷台,建築部材等に広く用いられる。東南アジアから日本へ輸入されている南洋材中の主要木材の一つで,インドネシア,マレーシアの通称であるカポールkapurの名で知られる。外材【緒方 健】。…

※「カポール」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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