メラビー材

English translation: Melapi (white meranti)

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Japanese term or phrase:メラピー材
English translation:Melapi (white meranti)
Entered by: Steven Smith

08:58 Sep 15, 2009
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Forestry / Wood / Timber
Japanese term or phrase: メラビー材
I'm completely stuck on this one. It's a type of tree/wood. I suspect its a phonetic rendering of an English tree species name, but can't think of any that would fit.
Steven Smith
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:03
White meranti
Explanation:
According to the abstract about tropical timbers of Mr.Kikaka Yoji, Laboratory ob Bio-material physics, Graduate School of Bioagricultur Science, Nagoya University Professor
Emeritus, it is White Meranti.
It explaines that "メラピー(Melapi:Shorea spp.:Anthoshorea SECT.)は、いわゆるホワイトメランチ、イエローラワンであるが、..."

http://ir.nul.nagoya-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2237/6339/1/01...

Explanation about White Meranti:
http://woodwizard.mtc.com.my:8888/report.asp?ItemID=78

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Note added at 41 mins (2009-09-15 09:40:23 GMT)
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It is メラピー, not メラビー
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TCN6YR
Japan
Local time: 11:03
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1White meranti
TCN6YR


  

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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
White meranti


Explanation:
According to the abstract about tropical timbers of Mr.Kikaka Yoji, Laboratory ob Bio-material physics, Graduate School of Bioagricultur Science, Nagoya University Professor
Emeritus, it is White Meranti.
It explaines that "メラピー(Melapi:Shorea spp.:Anthoshorea SECT.)は、いわゆるホワイトメランチ、イエローラワンであるが、..."

http://ir.nul.nagoya-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2237/6339/1/01...

Explanation about White Meranti:
http://woodwizard.mtc.com.my:8888/report.asp?ItemID=78

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Note added at 41 mins (2009-09-15 09:40:23 GMT)
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It is メラピー, not メラビー


    Reference: http://www.e-wood.info/wood905-1520.html
    Reference: http://www.arkive.org/white-meranti/shorea-assamica-philippi...
TCN6YR
Japan
Local time: 11:03
Native speaker of: Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Interesting. Thank you. It looks as though these are synonyms but white mercanti is more commonly used.


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