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Dialium kunstleri Prain

Keranji

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Keranji
Other names kranji (ID); velvet tamarind, tamarind plum (GB); taung-kaye (MM); kralanh, k.lomié (KH); kayi-khao, yi-thongbung (TH); xoay (VN)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Indochina
States and Territories Brunei; Indonesia; Kalimantan; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Sabah; Sarawak

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Dialium
Species kunstleri
Author citation Prain
Scientific name Dialium kunstleri Prain

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
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Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 1
Beetle D
Termites D
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 4
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a
Width of the sapwood s-m

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 800.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 950.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 1050.00 kg/m3

Appearances