Introduction to Basic Wood Identification

This paper entails to the rudiments of wood identification techniques appropriate for anyone with early interest in this field. Nevertheless, since there are multitudes of wood species in the forests the accurate wood identification should be left to professional timber graders or anatomists if the identification is needed for trade, legal, research or academic purposes. To provide an easy tool for wood identification, FRIM had developed a website: http://info.frim.gov.my/woodid/Identification.cfm for the public to freely use. It is an intuitive and user-friendly website for anyone with interest in timber identification to easily identify wood based on its anatomical features.