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Endospermum moluccanum (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kurz

Sesendok

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Sesendok
English Sesendok
Other names sendok-sendok (MY, ID); gubas (PH); PNG basswood, endospermum (PG); terbulan (MY-SAR); bakota (IN); kauvula (FJ)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions South-Eastern Asia; Australien; Oceania
States and Territories Maluku; Sulawesi; Bismarck Archipelago; New Guinea; Solomon Islands

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malpighiales
Family Euphorbiaceae
Genus Endospermum
Species moluccanum
Author citation (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kurz
Scientific name Endospermum moluccanum (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kurz

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/eupen-se.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 gelb/hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Beetle S
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 1
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood n/a

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 420.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 480.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 530.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Bark

Sesendok

EDXX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson