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Shorea parvifolia Dyer

Light Red Meranti

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Light red Meranti
English Light Red Meranti
Other names

Further information

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Wikipedia
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Origin

Geographic Regions South-Eastern Asia

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Dipterocarpaceae
Genus Shorea
Species parvifolia
Author citation Dyer
Scientific name Shorea parvifolia Dyer

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Macroscopic features

Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun bis rot

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 2to4
Mushrooms laboratory 3
Beetle D
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 4v
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 490.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 520.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 550.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Light Red Meranti

SHLR , Shorea spp. Light Red, 145x57mm, Paxton , ©Hansueli Schmid

Bark

Light Red Meranti

SHLR , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Light Red Meranti

SHLR , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Light Red Meranti

SHLR , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson