Chukrasia tabularis
Surian batu
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| English | Surian batu | |
| Other names | chickrassy, chittagong wood, Burma almondwood (trade); bastard cedar, white cedar, East Indian mahogany (GB); cherana puteh, repoh, suntang puteh (MY); yinma, tawyinma, (MM); voryong (KH); nhom, nhom hin, nhom khao (TH) |
Origin
| States and Territories | Nepal; Sri Lanka; China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, S-Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; tropical Africa [I]; peninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan); Viet Nam; Laos; Thailand; Cambodia; Sumatra; Borneo; Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Bhutan [I]; Myanmar (Mandalay, Shan, Yangon); India (Bihar?, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Sikkim); Bangladesh; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I]) | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Meliaceae | |||
| Genus | Chukrasia | |||
| Species | tabularis | |||
| Author citation | A. Juss. | |||
| Scientific name | Chukrasia tabularis A. Juss. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/melchtab.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | braun | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
| Remarks | /D mit Wechseldrehwuchs /E with interlocked grain /F avec du contrefil /P com grã entrecruzada /S con hilo entrecruzado | |||
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%, upper limit | 800.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson