Heritiera utilis Sprague
Niangón
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Niangon | |
| English | Niangón | |
| Other names | nyanwen, wishmore, angi (DE, GB); kekosi, kouanda, yangon (CI); nyankom, attabini (GH); ogoué, engongkom (GA); yawi (LR) |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa | |||
| States and Territories | Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malvales | |||
| Family | Malvaceae | |||
| Genus | Heritiera | |||
| Species | utilis | |||
| Author citation | Sprague | |||
| Scientific name | Heritiera utilis Sprague | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/steheuti.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 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | M-D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
| Remarks | /D Holzoberfläche fettig durch kautschukartige Inhalte /E surface sticky due to rubber-like compounds /F gras au toucher ô cause de composés caoutchouteux /P superficie ligeiramente oleosa ao toque devido aos conteudos tipo 'borracha' /S superficie grasienta debido a inclusiones tipo caucho | |||
Impregnability
(according to EN 350)
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 3 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 670.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 680.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 710.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
HEXN , wood, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,
HEXN , wood, label, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,