Shorea curtisii
Dark Red Meranti
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Dark red Meranti | |
| English | Dark Red Meranti | |
| Other names |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | South-Eastern Asia | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malvales | |||
| Family | Dipterocarpaceae | |||
| Genus | Shorea | |||
| Species | curtisii | |||
| Author citation | Dyer ex King | |||
| Scientific name | Shorea curtisii Dyer ex King | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Macroscopic features
| Growth ring boundaries | indistinct or not recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | braun bis rot | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 2to4 | |||
| Mushrooms laboratory | 2 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | M | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4v | |||
| 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 | 680.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 730.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
SHDR , Shorea spp. Dark Red, 145x57mm, Paxton , ©Hansueli Schmid
SHDR , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere
Bark
SHDR , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson