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lauan

(ˈluːɑːn; luːˈɑːn)
n
(Furniture) US a hard, lightweight wood from trees of the genus Shorea, used in furniture-making
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Phil′ippine mahog′any


n.
1. any of several Philippine trees of the genus Shorea and related genera, having brown or reddish wood used as lumber and in cabinetry.
2. the wood of any of these trees.
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On May 31, DENR operatives and policemen recovered 256 pieces of red lauan and white lauan lumber with an estimated volume of 1,754 board feet (4.138 cubic meters) that were abandoned by illegal loggers in Barangay Minahan Norte in General Nakar, Quezon.
Rhoderick Armamento, Quezon police provincial director, said the cops and DENR personnel, acting on reports from concerned citizens, found 40 pieces of sawn lumber from 'white lauan' and 'tangisang bayawak' species near Mauban-Cavinti (Laguna) road in Barangay (village) San Roque around 5:20 p.m.
Among the hardwoods Diaz has planted are narra, yakal, molave, balayong, tangili, guyong-guyong, akle, dao, red and white lauan, calumpit, antipolo, tindalo, antingan malagaitmon, and kamagong.
On Saturday, policemen in Real town also seized 77 pieces of sawn lumber from red lauan specie with an estimated volume of 3.23 cubic meter (369.50 board feet) worth P11,000.
Unlike the TFM panels which currently use particleboard or MDF cores, the laminating lines may also incorporate lauan and hardboard as substrate materials.
More units will be made available for turnover when Palmira and Lauan buildings mark RFO status in April and July respectively.
Hundreds of lauan logs, believed to have been washed down from the mountains, were seen in San Patricio village while at least 50 houses were destroyed by strong currents in Lydia.
Until last year the cut-to-size division's five employees, working in 1,200 square feet of space, were limited to cutting up squares and rectangles from plywood, MDF and lauan to the sizes specified by customers making upholstered furniture, case goods and bus seats.
Instead, Imee said that Bagtikan, Lauan, Tangile, Guyo, Yakal, Apitong are what is known as Philippine Mahogany.
Trees found abundant in the area are 'kalingag' and 'duguan,' which are said to have medicinal properties, dipterocarps white 'lauan' and 'bagtikan,' rattan and assorted varieties of fern.
Rodriguez, Butuan City - Five persons were arrested and some 574 board feet of illegally-sawn Lauan lumbers were confiscated by elements of Cagwait Municipal Police Station (MPS) in Cagwait town, Surigao del Sur during anti-illegal logging operations on Tuesday and Wednesday, police reported Thursday.
The seized hardwood red lauan specie was estimated to be around 3.8 cubic meters (1,635 bd ft).