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| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Acajou d'Afrique | |
| Deutsch | Khaya | |
| English | African Mahogany | |
| Français | Acajou d'Afrique | |
| Italiano | Khaya | |
| Suomi | Khaya | |
| Norsk | Khaya | |
| Čeština | Khaya | |
| Español | Khaya | |
| Svenska | Khaya | |
| Polski | Khaya | |
| Український | Khaya | |
| Român | Khaya | |
| Русский | Khaya | |
| Български | Khaya | |
| EESTI | Khaya | |
| 日本語 | Khaya | |
| Other names | Afrikanisches Mahagoni, Khaya (DE); Benin-, Lagos-mahagoni (NG); Dubini-, Axim-, Accra-, Tacoradi mahagony (GH); n'gollon, n'dola, Kap Lopez mahagoni (GA); Grand Bassam mahagoni (CI); undianunu (AO); acajou d'Afrique (FR); Douala mahonie (NL) |
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa; Eastern Africa | |||
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Meliaceae | |||
| Genus | Khaya | |||
| Species | spp. | |||
| Scientific name | Khaya spp. | |||
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/melkh-af.htm | |||
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | indistinct or not recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | braun bis rot | |||
| Mushrooms field | DC 3 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | S | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 2 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 490.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 800.00 | kg/m3 | ||