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Shorea leprosula Miq.

Meranti tembaga; tembaga

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Light red Meranti
English Meranti tembaga; tembaga
Other names meranti tembaga, tembaga, light red meranti (MY), meranti merah (ID)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions South-Eastern Asia; Indomalesia
States and Territories Java; Sumatra; peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Penang, Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor); Singapore; Thailand; Sumatra (incl. Bangka, Belitung); Borneo; Brunei

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Dipterocarpaceae
Genus Shorea
Species leprosula
Author citation Miq.
Scientific name Shorea leprosula Miq.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Shorea spp. Light Red, 145x57mm, Paxton , ©Hansueli Schmid

Bark

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Bark2, (SING)©Hansueli Schmid ,

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Bark3, (SING)©Hansueli Schmid ,

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Bark, (SING)©Hansueli Schmid ,

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Label2, (SING)©Hansueli Schmid ,

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Label3, (SING)©Hansueli Schmid ,

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Label, (SING)©Hansueli Schmid ,

Leaves

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Leaves 3©Wikipedia ,

Seed

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Seed©Jun Ying Lim ,

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Seed©wikipedia ,

Tree

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , Tree3, (SING)©Hansueli Schmid ,

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , tree2, (SING)©Hansueli Schmid ,

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

SHLR , tree, (SING)©Hansueli Schmid ,

Flower

Meranti tembaga;  tembaga

Shorea leprosula , ©ISSN 2399-3642 (online)