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Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Heckel

Erimado

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Erimado
English Erimado
Other names erimado (NG); eho (CI); essessang (GA); wama (GH); nsezang (GQ); sanga-sanga (CG)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions Africa
States and Territories Benin; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Cabinda; Central African Republic; Cameroon; Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Zaire; Sudan; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; Angola; Mozambique

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malpighiales
Family Euphorbiaceae
Genus Ricinodendron
Species heudelotii
Author citation (Baill.) Heckel
Scientific name Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Heckel

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/eupriheu.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.22-0.35(-0.4) kg/m3

Appearances