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Falcataria moluccana (Miq.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes

Jeungjing

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Jeungjing
Other names batai, jeungjing, sengon laut, sika (ID); kayu machis (MY-SWK); white albizia (PG); Moluccan sau, falcata (PH)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Indomalesia
States and Territories Zimbabwe; Uganda; Sumatera; Sri Lanka; Solomon Is; Society Is; Singapore; Seychelles; Sao Tome & Principe; Sabah; Réunion; Philippines; Peninsular Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Niue; Nigeria; Mozambique; Moluccas; Mauritius; Malaysia; Madagascar; Kenya; Jawa; Irian Jaya; Indonesia; India; Guinea Bissau; Fiji; China; Bougainville; Bismarck Archipelago; Angola

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Falcataria
Species moluccana
Author citation (Miq.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
Scientific name Falcataria moluccana (Miq.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/mimpafal.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC
Remarks /D in Südostasien weitläufig gepflanzt, meist in Plantagen für Industrieholz /E in Southeast Asia widely planted for industrial timber /F planté ô  grande échelle dans toute l'Asie du Sud-Est /P plantada em grande escala na ôsia tropical para uso industrial /S plantada en gran escala en la Asia tropical para uso industrial

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 230.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 300.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 500.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Jeungjing

Falcataria moluccana , ©Dennis Wilson