Botanical names - Intsia bijuqa, Intsia palembanica.
English and German names - Merbau.
Trees reach heights of 50 metres and diameter of a trunk of 150 centimetres. Grow in Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Moluccas, island New Guinea). The African breed very close on properties to merbau - dussiya.
The basic tone of colouring merbau - red-brown, from light to dark, places with an impregnation of yellow proveins.
properties
Tree Merbau
Processing morenogo an oak
Morenyi the oak is processed with the big difficulties because of its big hardness.
Such exclusive properties morenogo an oak speak the maintenance in its wood of a considerable quantity of insoluble salts in water of tannic acid and iron. Morenyi the oak is very exacting to drying and should be dried up only air. Application - an interline interval for furniture facing, for a wooden covering, wood for a parquet. Because of a rich range of colours, it is necessary to prefer brilliant smooth coverings.
