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Antiaris toxicaria (Pers.) Lesch.

Antiaris

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Antiaris
Deutsch Alm
English Antiaris
Français Alm
Italiano Alm
Suomi Alm
Norsk Alm
Čeština Alm
Español Alm
Svenska Alm
Polski Alm
Український Alm
Român Alm
Русский Alm
Български Alm
EESTI Alm
日本語 Alm
Other names Ako

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa; Eastern Africa

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Rosales
Family Moraceae
Genus Antiaris
Species toxicaria
Author citation (Pers.) Lesch.
Scientific name Antiaris toxicaria (Pers.) Lesch.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/moranafr.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/hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Beetle S
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S
Remarks Nicht beständig gegen Lyctus

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 1
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 430.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 450.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 460.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Antiaris

ATTX , wood, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,

Antiaris

ATTX , wood, label, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,

Antiaris

Antiaris toxicaria , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

Antiaris

ATTX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson