Shorea subgen. Rubroshorea spp. subgen. Rubroshorea p.p.
Light Red Meranti
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Light red Meranti | |
| English | Light Red Meranti | |
| Other names | light red meranti, seraya, lauan (DE); seraya kalabu, kawang, seraya bunga, red seraya, obar Suluk (MY-sab); almon, mayapis, tangile, tiaong, red lauan (PH); melantai (MY-sar); meranti bunga, red meranti, meranti merah (ID) |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | South-Eastern Asia | |||
| States and Territories | Indonesia; Philippines; Malaysia; Brunei; Papua New Guinea; Salomon-Inseln | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malvales | |||
| Family | Dipterocarpaceae | |||
| Genus | Shorea | |||
| Species | subgen. Rubroshorea spp. | |||
| Author citation | subgen. Rubroshorea p.p. | |||
| Scientific name | Shorea subgen. Rubroshorea spp. subgen. Rubroshorea p.p. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/dipsh-li.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| 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 | 3 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | S | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
Impregnability
(according to EN 350)
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4v | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 2 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 490.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 520.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 550.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
SHLR , Shorea spp. Light Red, 145x57mm, Paxton , ©Hansueli Schmid