TEMBESU (Fagraea fragrans)

Nom commercial

Tembesu

Nom scientifique (avec auteur)

Fagraea fragrans Roxb.

Famille

LOGANIACEAE

Noms communs (pays)

Uling; Temesu; Tembusu luar; Tembesoe renah; Tembesoe rawang; Tembesoe paja; Sysulin; Perepat hutan; Meriang; Lemesu; Dulo; Burman yellowheart; Burma yellow heart (Myanmar); Man pa (Laos); Tatraou (Cambodia); Ahnyim (Myanmar); Anan (Myanmar); Dolo (Philippines); Tembusu hutan (Malaysia); Susulin (Philippines); Ambinaton (Indonesia); Kayu tammusu (Indonesia); Ki badak (Indonesia); Ironwood (United Kingdom); Ironwood (United States of America); Urung (Philippines); Tembesu talang (Indonesia); Tembusu padang (Malaysia); Tam sao (Vietnam); Trai (Cambodia); Kankrao (Thailand); Man pla (Thailand); Thamsao (Thailand); Kan krao (Thailand); Tembusu (Malaysia); Meraing (Malaysia); Reriang (Malaysia); Tembusu hutan (Sarawak); Tembusu padang (Sarawak); Tembusu padang (Brunei Darussalam); Keramati (Solomon Islands); Burma yellowheart (Myanmar); Trai (Vietnam); Tam sao (Thailand); Tembesu (Indonesia); Temasuk (Sabah); Tatrau (Cambodia)

Synonymes du nom scientifique (avec auteurs)

Fagraea wallichiana Benth.; Fagraea sororia J.J. Smith; Fagraea gigantea Ridley; Fagraea cochinchinensis A. Chev.

DESCRIPTION DE L'ARBRE

Description botanique

It is a medium-sized or occasionally large tree up to 25 m tall. The bole up to 135 cm in diameter, occasionally fluted or with buttresses up to 2.5 m high.

Habitat naturel

Fagraea fragrans is reported in light primary or secondary forests in humid or seasonally inundated locations. It also occurs as a pioneer in burnt over areas.

IDENTIFICATION DU BOIS

Description anatomique du bois

Wood diffuse porous. Occasionally vessels in diagonal and/or radial pattern. Vessels per mm2 5 to 20. Helical thickenings in vessel elements present. Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits similar to intervessel pits in size and shape. Intervessel pits smal Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma confluent. Two cells per parenchyma strand. 3 to 4 cells per parenchyma strand. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Occasionally larger rays more than 4 seriate. Homogeneous rays and/or sub-homogeneous rays (all ray cells procumbent). Occasionally body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-III). Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.

Vue macroscopique du bois (plan tangentiel)
Vue microscopique d'une section transversale du bois

Disponibilité

Statut CITES

Unrestricted

DESCRIPTION GÉNÉRALE DU BOIS

Odeur

It has a slightly unpleasant odor when freshly cut, odor disappears on drying.

Teinte

The sapwood is not sharply differentiated, just lighter pale yellowish white. The heartwood is light yellowish brown darkening on exposure to deep golden orange brown, occasionally with lighter or darker veining.

Index de Teinte (1 = Noir, 7 = Jaune clair)

Grain

It is partly straight or occasionally wavy to slightly interlocked.

Texture

The texture varies from fine to medium.

Luster

The heartwood is lustrous when planed.

Durabilité naturelle

It is very durable and fairly resistant to teredos.

Index de durabilité naturelle (1 = Très élevée, 7 = Très faible)

Teneur en silice

Silica Content: It is non-siliceous. Silica Value: 0

Résistance à l'imprégnation

The sapwood is reported to be easy to preserve but the heartwood is untreatable.

PROPRIÉTÉS PHYSIQUES DU BOIS

Densité basale ou gravité spécifique (poids anhydre/vol. saturé) (g/cm³)

0.69

Densité sèche à l'air (poids et volume à 12%TH) (g/cm³)

0.78

Retrait tangentiel total (saturé à 0%TH) (%)

6.6

Retrait radial total (saturé à 0%TH) (%)

3.4

Défauts dus au séchage

Ease of Drying: It is reported that quarter-sawn stock dried satisfactory. Drying Defects: Back-sawn stock is subject to checking and severe warping.

Ratio de stabilité dimensionnelle (% retrait tangentiel total/% retrait radial total)

1.9

PROPRIÉTÉS CHIMIQUES DU BOIS

PROPRIÉTÉS MÉCANIQUES DU BOIS

Résistance à la flexion (module de rupture_MOR) 12%TH (kgf/cm²)

949

Rigidité (module d'élasticité_ MOE) 12%TH (kgf/cm²)

138355

Résistance à la compression parallèle à la fibre 12%TH (kgf/cm²)

565

Résistance à la compression perpendiculaire à la fibre 12%TH (kgf/cm²)

Résistance au cisaillement (radial) 12%TH (kgf/cm²)

Dureté Janka (latérale) 12%TH (kgf)

587

Dureté Janka (extrémités) 12%TH (kgf)

555

OUVRABILITÉ

Sciage

Sawing of this species is easy.

Coupe de placage de déroulage

This species is reported to be interesting for lamination.

Placage tranche

This species is reported to be interesting for lamination.

Usinage

It is easy to machine.

Moulurage

Molding is reported to be easy.

Tournage

Perçage

This species is easy to bore.

Mortaisage

It is easy to mortise.

Clouage

Pre-bore for nails and screws.

Collage

The timber is reported to glue well.

Ponçage

It has a good sanding behavior.

Finissage

Wood of this species is easy to finish.

Polissage

Polishing of this wood is easy.

UTILISATIONS

UTILISATIONS FINALES (RÉSUMÉ)

EXTERIOR GENERAL, bridges, poles, paling, stakes posts, crossties, HOUSING GENERAL, flooring, panelling, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, cabinets, TURNING, cutlery, SPORTS, TOOLS, tool handles, agricultural tools, PACKING, CONTAINERS, cooperage, truck bodies, truck flooring, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, boats, port pillar, OTHER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, handicrafts, coffin

EXTERIOR GENERAL

1 - Tabela de resultados de ensaios fisicos e mecanicos

Ponts

2 - 25 madeiras da amazonia de valor comercial, caracterizacao, macroscopica, usos comuns e indices qualificativos

Poteaux

3 - Estudo dendrologico e determinacao das caracteristicas fisicas e mecanicas do genipapo (Genipa americana)

Pieux de cloture

4 - Estudo dendrologico e determinacao das caracteristicas fisicas e mecanicas da bicuiba

Piquets

5 - Propriedades fisicas e mecanicas da madeira e do contraplacado de Pinus elliottii

Traverses de chemin de fer

8 - Maderas latinoamericas. III, Podocarpus standleyi ,Podocarpus oleifolius, Drims granadensis, Magnolia poasana y Didymopanax pittieri

MEUBLES ET M. DE RANGEMENT

10 - Silica in Timbers

Planchers

14 - Handbook of Hardwoods

Panneaux

18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden

MEUBLES ET M. DE RANGEMENT

21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.

Armoires

24 - Empire Timbers

Tournage

30 - Embassy of Honduras in Japan

Manches de couverts

33 - Embassy of Gabon in Japan

SPORTS

38 - Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 1998-ITTO

OUTILS

42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.

Outils_manches

43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)

Outils_agric

44 - Atlas of Peruvian Woods

EMBALLAGE

45 - Recopilación y Análisis de Estudios Tecnológicos de Maderas Peruanas

CONTENANTS

50 - Properties of imported tropical woods

Tonnellerie

51 - Recopilacion de propiedades mecanicas de maderas creciendo en Chile

Carros_camion

53 - Timbers of the New World

Wagons

54 - Bulletin of the Government Forest Experiment Station N.157: Identification of Tropical Woods

CONSTRUCTION NAVALE

55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America

Navires

56 - Manual de Identificación de Especies Forestales de la Subregión Andina.

Ports piliers

61 - Manual de Diseño para Maderas del Grupo Andino

Artisanat

66 - Maderas latinoamericanas. VII. Caracteristicas anatomicas. propiedades fisicomecanicas, de secado, y tratabilidad de la madera juvenil de Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav. Oken.)

Cercueils

78 - Amazonian Timbers for the International Market

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