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Homalium foetidum (Roxb.) Benth.

Malas

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Malas
Other names aranga, Burma lancewood (GB, trade); gia, dlingsem, melmas, momala (ID); selimbar, petaling, padang, takaliu, banisian (MY); aranga (PH); myaukchaw, myaukugo (MM); khen nang (LA); kha nang (TH)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Indochina
States and Territories peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Kelantan, Perak, Melaka); Bismarck Arch. (New Ireland, New Britain); Sumatra; Borneo; Philippines (Luzon, Cebu, Leyte, Mindanao); Sulawesi; Moluccas; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Myanmar (Taninthayi, Bago); peninsular Thailand

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malpighiales
Family Salicaceae
Genus Homalium
Species foetidum
Author citation (Roxb.) Benth.
Scientific name Homalium foetidum (Roxb.) Benth.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/flaho-ma.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun bis gelb

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.72-1.1 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Malas

Homalium foetidum , ©Dennis Wilson