Keora, Sonneratia apetala, Ham. is a mangrove
species of the Sundarbans and coastal
areas of Bangladesh. It is a moderate sized
tree, which in the Sunderbans grows to 7 ft
in girth with a 25 ft bole ;
ing 4 ft in girth with a
somewhat lustrous with smooth feel without
characteristic odour or taste. It is light,,
shallowly interlocked grained in broad bands,
fine-and even-textured. Its a timber is moderately
hard and moderately durable (Pearson and
Brown 1932). Preliminary investigations carried
out by the Timber Physics Division, Forest
Reserach Institute, show that Keora has a dry
volume specific gravity of 0.6 and a modulus of