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Gonystylus bancanus (Miq.) Kurz

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Ramin
Other names ahmin, kaya garu, melawis, ramin telur (MY); lanutanbagio (PH); garu buaja (ID)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
Cites
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions South-Eastern Asia
States and Territories peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Selangor, Johor); SE-Sumatra (incl. Bangka Isl.); Borneo; Brunei

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Thymelaeaceae
Genus Gonystylus
Species bancanus
Author citation (Miq.) Kurz
Scientific name Gonystylus bancanus (Miq.) Kurz

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood gelb bis hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Beetle S
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S
Remarks Nicht beständig gegen Lyctus Sehr starke Neigung zur Bläue

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 1
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood x

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

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 670.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

GYBN , Gonystylus spp., 145x57mm, Paxton , ©Hansueli Schmid

Gonystylus bancanus , ©Atlas Holz

Gonystylus bancanus , ©Dennis Wilson