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Shorea longisperma Roxb.

Yellow meranti; meranti kuning

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Yellow Meranti
English Yellow meranti; meranti kuning
Other names

Further information

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Origin

Geographic Regions South-Eastern Asia
States and Territories peninsular Malaysia (Penang); Sumatra; Borneo; Brunei; peninsular Thailand

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Dipterocarpaceae
Genus Shorea
Species longisperma
Author citation Roxb.
Scientific name Shorea longisperma Roxb.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Macroscopic features

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

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 4
Beetle S
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 3-4
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 560.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 630.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 660.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Bark

Yellow meranti;  meranti kuning

SHYM , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson