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

Dark Red Meranti

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Dark red Meranti
English Dark Red Meranti
Other names dark red meranti, seraya, lauan (DE); kawang, seraya bunga, red seraya, obar suluk (MY-sab); mayapis, tangile, tiaong, red lauan, gujio (PH); meranti bunga, red meranti, meranti merah (ID); nemesu (MY = S. pauciflora)

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-da.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 2
Beetle D
Termites 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 600.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 680.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 730.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Dark Red Meranti

SHDR , Shorea spp. Dark Red, 145x57mm, Paxton , ©Hansueli Schmid

Dark Red Meranti

SHDR , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere