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MENTIGI (Pemphis acidula)
Nom commercial
Mentigi
Nom scientifique (avec auteur)
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst.
Famille
LYTHRACEAE
Noms communs (pays)
Ligad (Philippines); Kabantigi (Philippines); Sentigi (Indonesia); Mentigi (Indonesia); Mentigi (Malaysia); Bantigi (Philippines); Thian le (Thailand); Cantigi (Indonesia)
Synonymes du nom scientifique (avec auteurs)
Pemphis setosa Blanco; Pemphis angustifolia Roxb.; Millania rupestre Zipp.; Melanium fruticosum Spreng.; Mangium porcellanicum Rumph.; Lythrum pemphis L.
DESCRIPTION DE L'ARBRE
Description botanique
It is an evergreen large branching shrub to small tree to 10 m tall, up to 30 cm in diameter. The stem is usually short and stocky.
Habitat naturel
Pemphis acidula is found on sandy and rocky shores, and in exposed mangrove vegetation.
Existence de plantations?
This species is occasionally planted as an ornamental tree.
IDENTIFICATION DU BOIS
Description anatomique du bois
Wood diffuse porous. Occasionally wood semi-ring porous and/or ring porous. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 micras or less (very small). Colored deposits in heartwood vessels. Tyloses common. Vestured pits. Vessels per mm2 more than 20 (very abundant). Occasionally apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma aliform. Occasionally axial parenchyma confluent. Occasionally two cells per parenchyma strand. 3 to 4 cel 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Sheath cells. Body ray cells procumbent with over 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-I). Body ray cells procumbent with mostly 2 to 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal Fibers very thick walled. Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.
Disponibilité
Statut CITES
Unrestricted
DESCRIPTION GÉNÉRALE DU BOIS
Teinte
The heartwood is reddish-brown to dark reddish-brown, turning dark brown with age, clearly differentiated from the pale sapwood.
Grain
The grain is frequently interlocked.
Texture
Fine texture is reported in this species.
Luster
Timber of this species is lustrous.
Durabilité naturelle
The wood is very durable when exposed to the weather or in contact with the ground. The heartwood is very resistant to dry-wood termites.
Index de durabilité naturelle (1 = Très élevée, 7 = Très faible)
1
PROPRIÉTÉS PHYSIQUES DU BOIS
Densité basale ou gravité spécifique (poids anhydre/vol. saturé) (g/cm³)
0.98
Densité sèche à l'air (poids et volume à 12%TH) (g/cm³)
1.16
Retrait tangentiel total (saturé à 0%TH) (%)
8.5
Retrait radial total (saturé à 0%TH) (%)
5.4
Défauts dus au séchage
Kiln Schedules: Kiln drying from green condition to 12% moisture content takes 9 to10 days. Checking of this species wood may be severe during kiln drying.
Ratio de stabilité dimensionnelle (% retrait tangentiel total/% retrait radial total)
1.6
PROPRIÉTÉS CHIMIQUES DU BOIS
PROPRIÉTÉS MÉCANIQUES DU BOIS
OUVRABILITÉ
Usinage
Machining operations are rather difficult.
Tournage
30
Finissage
With care it is reported to take a high finish.
UTILISATIONS
UTILISATIONS FINALES (RÉSUMÉ)
EXTERIOR GENERAL, stakes posts, HOUSING GENERAL, TURNING, cutlery, TOOLS, tool handles, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts
EXTERIOR GENERAL
- 1 - Tabela de resultados de ensaios fisicos e mecanicos
Piquets
- 5 - Propriedades fisicas e mecanicas da madeira e do contraplacado de Pinus elliottii
MEUBLES ET M. DE RANGEMENT
- 10 - Silica in Timbers
Tournage
- 30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan
Manches de couverts
- 33 - Embassy of Gabon in Japan
OUTILS
- 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Outils_manches
- 43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)
CONSTRUCTION NAVALE
- 55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America
Artisanat
- 66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)
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