Shorea laevis
Yellow Balau; Balau; bangkirai
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Bangkirai | |
| Deutsch | Bangkirai | |
| English | Yellow Balau; Balau; bangkirai | |
| Français | Bangkirai | |
| Italiano | Bangkirai | |
| Suomi | Bangkirai | |
| Norsk | Bangkirai | |
| Čeština | Bangkirai | |
| Español | Bangkirai | |
| Svenska | Bangkirai | |
| Polski | Bangkirai | |
| Український | Bangkirai | |
| Român | Bangkirai | |
| Русский | Bangkirai | |
| Български | Bangkirai | |
| EESTI | Bangkirai | |
| 日本語 | Bangkirai | |
| Other names | Bangkirai |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | South-Eastern Asia | |||
| States and Territories | peninsular Malaysia (Kedah and Pahang southward); Borneo; Brunei; S-Myanmar; peninsular Thailand; N-Sumatra | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malvales | |||
| Family | Dipterocarpaceae | |||
| Genus | Shorea | |||
| Species | laevis | |||
| Author citation | Ridl. | |||
| Scientific name | Shorea laevis Ridl. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/dipshlae.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 gelb bis hell/braun bis grün | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 2 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | D | |||
| Remarks | Unter Laborbedingungen nicht beständig gegen Termiten | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 1-2 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 700.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 930.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 1150.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
Shorea laevis , ©Dennis Wilson
Bark
SHBL , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson