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Vitex quinata (Lour.) F.N.Williams

Leban

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Leban
Other names laban, guapasa, ketileng, serawet (ID); leban, kulim papa (MY); garamut (PG); molawe, bongoog (PH); kyetyo (MM); tinnok (TH); binh linh (VN)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Indochina
States and Territories China South-Central; Hainan; China Southeast; Nansei-shoto; Taiwan; Assam; Bangladesh; East Himalaya; India; Pakistan; Andaman Is.; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam; Borneo; Java; Lesser Sunda Islands; Malaya; Maluku; Philippines; Sulawesi; Sumatra; Bismarck Archipelago; New Guinea; Caroline Islands

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Lamiaceae
Genus Vitex
Species quinata
Author citation (Lour.) F.N.Williams
Scientific name Vitex quinata (Lour.) F.N.Williams

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun und gelb

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 0.5-0.85 kg/m3

Appearances

Bark

Leban

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson