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Syzygium splendens (Blume) Merr. & Perry

Kelat

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Kelat
Other names ki tembaga, jambu laut (ID); jambu, obar, obah (MY); water gum (PG); makaasim (PH); thabye-gui (MM); wa, daeng (TH)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Indochina
States and Territories Java; Sumatra

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Myrtaceae
Genus Syzygium
Species splendens
Author citation (Blume) Merr. & Perry
Scientific name Syzygium splendens (Blume) Merr. & Perry

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
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Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun/rot/violett

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 (0.70-)0.85-0.91(-1.02) kg/m3

Appearances