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Shorea subgen. Anthoshorea subgen. Anthoshorea

White Meranti; Melapi

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) White Meranti
English White Meranti; Melapi
Other names white meranti (MY, ID, trade); meranti putih, kayu tahan (ID); melapi (MY-sab, ID-kal); white lauan (PH); lumbor (KH); khiem kha norng, takhian-sai, chai, pa-nong (TH); bo-bo (VN)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions South-Eastern Asia
States and Territories Thailand; Laos; Viet Nam; Cambodia

Botany

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

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood gelb/hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Beetle S
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 3v
Impregnability of the sapwood 2
Width of the sapwood s

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 600.00 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

White Meranti; Melapi

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