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YELLOW MERANTI (Shorea faguetiana)

Trade Name

Yellow meranti

Scientific Name

Shorea faguetiana Heim

Family

Dipterocarpaceae

Common Names

Paramuku (Indonesia); Karambuku lahung (Indonesia); Bangkirai guruk (Indonesia); Damar hitam siput (Malaysia); Seraya kuning siput (Malaysia); Seraya jaune (France); Seraya amarilla (Spain); Seraya gialla (Italy); Gul seraya (Sweden); Gele seraya (Netherlands); Meranti damar hitam (Malaysia); Kalo (Thailand); Gelbes seraya (Germany); Meranti kelim (Malaysia); Yellow meranti (Malaysia); Ulu tupai (Sumatra); Damar hitam (Indonesia); Yellow seraya (United Kingdom); Kunyit (Indonesia); Selangan kuning (Sabah); Seraya kuning (Sabah); Yellow seraya (United States of America); Meranti telepok (Malaysia); Meranti kuning (Indonesia); Lun siput (Sarawak); Lun merat (Sarawak); Lun gajah (Sarawak); Lun kuning (Sarawak); Selangan kacha (Sabah)

Scientific Name Synonyms

Shorea ridleyana King

Description Of The Tree

Botanical Description

It is a medium-sized to large tree up to 60 m tall, with boles up to 145 cm in diameter, and short stout buttresses up to 1.5 m high.

Natural Habitat

Shorea faguetiana is often found on well-drained clayey soils on ridges and undulating land. The wood is utilized as yellow meranti timber.

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Wood Identification

Anatomic Description Of Wood

Wood diffuse porous. Vessels exclusively solitary (over 90%). Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 200 micras or more (large). Tyloses common. Vessels per mm2 5 to 20. Vessel-ray pits reticulate and/or foraminate. Simple perforation plates. Intervessel pits smal Paratracheal axial parenchyma scanty and/or vasicentric. Axial parenchyma aliform. Axial parenchyma confluent. 4 to 10 rays per mm (medium). Larger rays more than 4 seriate. Sheath cells. Body ray cells procumbent with mostly 2 to 4 rows of upright and/or square marginal cells (Kribs-II). Body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright and/or square marginal cells ( Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.

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  • Wood Micro Photo Of Transversal Section

Availability

Cites Status

Unrestricted

General Wood Description

Color

The heartwood is light yellowish-brown, often with a greenish tinge, darkening to brown on exposure. The sapwood is moderately distinct from the heartwood.

COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)

5

Grain

It has interlocked grain.

Texture

The texture can be moderately fine to moderately coarse.

Natural Durability

It is not a durable timber, and susceptible to attack by dry-wood termites, and slightly susceptible to pinhole borers.

Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)

6

Silica Content

Silica Content: Silica is reportedly absent.

Resistance To Impregnation

This species is reported to be very difficult to treat with preservatives.

Wood Physical Properties

Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)

0.52

Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)

0.57

Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)

11.7

Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)

4.5

Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule

UK-J; JP-1; US-T10-D5S

Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)

2.6

Wood Chemical Properties

Wood Mechanical Properties

Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)

782

Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

111071

Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

431

Compression perpendicular to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

38

Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

92

Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)

317

Workability

Sawing

Sawing of this species is easy.

Rotary Veneer Cutting

Lamination of this species is possible.

Sliced Veneer

Lamination of this species is possible.

Machining

Machining of this species is reported to be easy.

Planing

Planing operations are rather easy.

Boring

Bored surfaces of air-dried timber are rough probably because of the presence of interlocked grain.

Nailing

The nailing behavior of this wood is considered as good to fair, pre-boring recommended.

Gluing

It glues well but some difficulties are reported with alkaline glues.

Finishing

For exterior applications preliminary application of DD varnish is recommended, then a transparent or clear varnish.

Coatings

It is recommended to fill the pores before painting or varnishing.

REFERENCED USES

End Uses Summary

HOUSING GENERAL, boards, panelling, FURNITURE AND CABINETS, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION

General Housing
  • 10 - Silica in Timbers
Boards
  • 13 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section III. Latin American (Mexico, Central, and South America) Woods–Conventional Temperatures
Paneling
  • 18 - W3TROPICOS Missouri Botanical Garden
Furniture Cabinets
  • 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Panels, Veneers
  • 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Shipbuilding
  • 55 - Tropical Timber Atlas of Latin America

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