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| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Yellow Meranti | |
| English | Yellow meranti; meranti kuning | |
| Other names | yellow meranti (MY, trade); yellow seraya (MY-sab); yellow lauan (PH); meranti kuning (ID); meranti damar hitam (MY); selangan kuning, s. kacha (MY-sab) |
| Geographic Regions | South-Eastern Asia | |||
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malvales | |||
| Family | Dipterocarpaceae | |||
| Genus | Shorea | |||
| Species | subgen. Richetia | |||
| Author citation | subgen. Richetia | |||
| Scientific name | Shorea subgen. Richetia subgen. Richetia | |||
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/dipsh-ye.htm | |||
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | indistinct or not recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | without color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | gelb | |||
| Mushrooms field | DC 4 | |||
| Beetle | S | |||
| Termites | S | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
| Impregnability of heartwood | 3-4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 2 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m | |||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 560.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 630.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 660.00 | kg/m3 | ||