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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)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

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

Niangón

HEXN , wood, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,

Niangón

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