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| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Guarea, Scented | |
| Français | Bossé | |
| Other names | Bossé clair |
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa | |||
| States and Territories | Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Central African Republic; Nigeria; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville] | |||
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Genus | Leplaea | |||
| Species | laurentii | |||
| Author citation | (De Wild.) E. J. M. Koenen & J. J. De Wild. | |||
| Scientific name | Leplaea laurentii (De Wild.) E. J. M. Koenen & J. J. De Wild. | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/melgu-bo.htm | |||
| 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 | |||
| Mushrooms field | DC 2v | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | S | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
| Remarks | /D gelegentlich Austritt von Inhaltsstoffen an der Oberfläche /E occasionally exudation of coloured extractives on the surface /F parfois exudations colorées en surface /P ocasionalmente con exsudação de sustâncias orgânicas na superficie /S ocasionalmente exudaciones de extractivos coloridos en la superficie | |||
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 1 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m | |||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 570.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 580.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 630.00 | kg/m3 | ||