the Botanical name - Shorea pauciflora.
Area: Malaysia, Indonesia.
Colour of wood meranti - light pink.
Wood of different kinds of this group of breeds is well processed and gives a smooth good-quality surface. In cases when fibres meranti show propensity to the tease, it is recommended to reduce a corner of cutting to 20o. Wood is not bad pickled by dyes and polished after corresponding porozapolneniya. Good durability. Application meranti: windows, doors, furniture, ladders.
Volume weight in an air-dry condition: from 500 to 700 kg/cubic metres
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Tree Meranti
Hardness of wood
For each breed of wood its operational indicators are resulted, namely:
• Hardness - an indicator of service life of the top (useful) layer of wood. At low hardness the useful layer of wood wears out faster, at average - more slowly, at high - very slowly.
• Stability and degree usadki - very important indicators which are necessary for knowing for this purpose:
