Leplaea thompsonii
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Bossé foncé | |
| Français | Bossé foncé | |
| Other names | Kwabohoro; Guarea, Black, mutigbanaye (CI); black guarea (NG); bossé foncé (FR); bolon (CM); guarea, diambi (CD) |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa | |||
| States and Territories | Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Central African Republic | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Genus | Leplaea | |||
| Species | thompsonii | |||
| Author citation | (Sprague & Hutch.) E. J. M. Koenen & J. J. De Wild. | |||
| Scientific name | Leplaea thompsonii (Sprague & Hutch.) E. J. M. Koenen & J. J. De Wild. | |||
Habitus
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/melgu-bo.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | indistinct or not recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | rot bis braun/gelb bis braun bis rot | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 2 | |||
| Beetle | n/a | |||
| Termites | S | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | n/a | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 1 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 600.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 690.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 850.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
GRTH , wood, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,
GRTH , wood, label, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,