Shorea assamica Dyer
White meranti; melapi
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | White Meranti | |
| English | White meranti; melapi | |
| Other names |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | South-Eastern Asia | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malvales | |||
| Family | Dipterocarpaceae | |||
| Genus | Shorea | |||
| Species | assamica | |||
| Author citation | Dyer | |||
| Scientific name | Shorea assamica Dyer | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Macroscopic features
| Growth ring boundaries | indistinct or not recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | without color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | gelb/hell | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 5 | |||
| Beetle | S | |||
| Termites | S | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
Impregnability
(according to EN 350)
| Impregnability of heartwood | 3v | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 2 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 600.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 630.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 670.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
SHWM , aufbau , ©Atlas Holz
Bark
SHWM , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
SHWM , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
Branch
SHWM , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson