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Khaya grandifoliola C. DC.

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Acajou d’Afrique
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)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Africa
States and Territories South Sudan; Guinea; Burkina Faso; ?Sierra Leone; Chad; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; NE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; India [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Sapindales
Family Meliaceae
Genus Khaya
Species grandifoliola
Author citation C. DC.
Scientific name Khaya grandifoliola C. DC.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

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

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 3
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) D
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 4
Impregnability of the sapwood 2
Width of the sapwood s

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 650.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 720.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 800.00 kg/m3

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