Kempas (koompassiya, tualang, «a tree of a beer plenty») - very high trees from family bean (Leguminosae), reach heights of 70 metres with free from branches a trunk in height of 30 metres to the first branch. Diameter of a trunk - 90 centimetres and more. Grow in South East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, etc.).
Colour of mature wood bright, at once evident: from zolotisto-reddish to dark orange. A structure on raspile rather equal, with more light longitudinal proveins.