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Limahlania crenulata (Maingay ex C. B. Clarke) K. M. Wong & Sugumaran

Tembesu; tembusu

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Tembesu; tembusu
Other names tamosu, kolaki, nosu (ID); temasuk, pedang (MY); urung, dolo, teca (PH); anan, ananma (MM); Burma yellowheart, ironwood (GB); tatrao (KH); man pa (LA); tam sao, kankrao, man pla (TH); trai (VN)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Indochina
States and Territories Peninsular Malaysia; Viet Nam; Sumatra; Borneo; peninsular Thailand

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Gentianales
Family Gentianaceae
Genus Limahlania
Species crenulata
Author citation (Maingay ex C. B. Clarke) K. M. Wong & Sugumaran
Scientific name Limahlania crenulata (Maingay ex C. B. Clarke) K. M. Wong & Sugumaran

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/logfafra.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 braun/gelb bis hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC
Remarks /D Andere Arten der Gattung Fagraea, die als 'tembesu' gehandelt werden: /E additional species of Fagraea occasionally traded as 'tembesu': /F autres espèces parfois commerciales comme 'tembusu': /P outras especiesde Fagraea ocasionalmente comercializadas como 'tembesu': /S otras especiesde Fagraea ocasionalmente comercializadas como 'tembesu': / F. crenulata (S.Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo), F. elliptica (Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea), F. gracilipes (New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands, Fiji)

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 640.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 890.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 1080.00 kg/m3

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