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Sterculia oblonga Mast.

Yellow Sterculia; White Sterculia (GB, NG)

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) White Sterculia
Deutsch Eyong
English Yellow Sterculia; White Sterculia (GB, NG)
Français Eyong
Italiano Eyong
Suomi Eyong
Norsk Eyong
Čeština Eyong
Español Eyong
Svenska Eyong
Polski Eyong
Український Eyong
Român Eyong
Русский Eyong
Български Eyong
EESTI Eyong
日本語 Eyong
Other names azodo, bi (CI); njong (GA); n'chong (GQ); bongele, ekonge, lom, moan (CM); ebenebe, kokoniko, okoko, orodo (NG); bongo (CD) Éyong

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa
States and Territories Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; S-Nigeria; Equatorial Guinea; Central African Republic; Cameroon; Gabon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Congo [Brazzaville]; Guinea

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Genus Sterculia
Species oblonga
Author citation Mast.
Scientific name Sterculia oblonga Mast.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/steriobl.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 gelb

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 4
Beetle S
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S
Remarks Neigt zur Bläue

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 3-4
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood x

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 700.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 730.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 800.00 kg/m3

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