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Shorea spp. subgen. Rubroshorea spp. subgen. Rubroshorea p.p.

Red Balau

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Red Balau
English Red Balau
Other names red balau (DE, MY), gujio (PH), semayur (MY-Sar), belangeran (ID), selangan batu merah (MY-SAB/SWK)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

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 spp. subgen. Rubroshorea spp.
Author citation subgen. Rubroshorea p.p.
Scientific name Shorea spp. 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-rb.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 3to4
Beetle S
Termites S-M
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 4v
Impregnability of the sapwood 2
Width of the sapwood s

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 750.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 800.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 900.00 kg/m3

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