Intsia spp. pl.
Merbau
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Merbau | |
| English | Merbau | |
| Other names | merbau (MY); malacca teak, mirabow, Moluccan ironwood (GB); ipil, kayu besi (ID); kwila, bendora (PG); ipil, ipil laut, malaipil (PH); tat-takun (MM); krakas prak (KH); lumpho, lumpho thale (TH); hintzy (MG) |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | South-Eastern Asia; Australien; Oceania; Indochina | |||
| States and Territories | Thailand; Laos; Viet Nam; Cambodia | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Fabales | |||
| Family | Fabaceae | |||
| Genus | Intsia | |||
| Species | spp. | |||
| Author citation | pl. | |||
| Scientific name | Intsia spp. pl. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/caein-me.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/rot | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1to2 | |||
| Mushrooms laboratory | 1 | |||
| Beetle | n/a | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
| Remarks | Unter Laborbedingungen nicht beständig gegen Termiten | |||
Impregnability
(according to EN 350)
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 2 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 730.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 800.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 830.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
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