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Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard

Sawo

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Sawo
Other names sawo (ID); sawah (MY); duyok-duyok (PH); sner (PG); khayah rgn (MM)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Indomalesia
States and Territories Hainan; China Southeast; Bangladesh; India; Sri Lanka; Cambodia; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam; Malaya

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Ericales
Family Sapotaceae
Genus Manilkara
Species hexandra
Author citation (Roxb.) Dubard
Scientific name Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/sapmakau.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/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 0.9-1.15 kg/m3

Appearances

Bark

Sawo

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Sawo

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Sawo

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson