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Octomeles sumatranum Miq.

Binuang

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Binuang
Other names benuang, winuang, binuang bini (ID); erima, irima, ilimo (PG); bilus, barong, barousan (PH)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Asia
States and Territories Bismarck Arch. (New Britain); Bougainville; Sumatra; Sulawesi; Philippines; Moluccas; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Borneo; Brunei

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Cucurbitales
Family Tetramelaceae
Genus Octomeles
Species sumatranum
Author citation Miq.
Scientific name Octomeles sumatranum Miq.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

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

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 0.25-0.38 kg/m3

Appearances