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| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Kotibé | |
| English | Medang | |
| Other names | Danta, medang (ID, MY) |
| Geographic Regions | Congo Basin; Western Africa; Eastern Africa | |||
| States and Territories | Gabon | |||
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malvales | |||
| Family | Malvaceae | |||
| Genus | Nesogordonia | |||
| Species | spp. | |||
| Scientific name | Nesogordonia spp. | |||
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/launo-me.htm | |||
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | rotbraun bis mahagonibraun | |||
| Mushrooms field | DC 3v | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | M-D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
| Remarks | /D wichtigste Arten: /E important species: /F espèces importantes: /P espécies importantes: /S espécies importantes: / Nothaphoebe archboldiana, N. elata, N. kingiana, N. malabonga, N. malayphoebe, N. panduriformis, N. spathulata, N. umbelliflora | |||
| Impregnability of heartwood | 3-4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 1-2 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
| Shrinkage radial, mean | 4.20 | % | ||
| Shrinkage tangential, mean | 7.10 | % | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 710.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 730.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 760.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Flexural strength, mean | 130.00 | N/mm2 | ||
| Shear strength, mean | 18.70 | N/mm2 | ||
| Young's modulus, mean | 12500.00 | N/mm2 | ||
| Machine processing | Good | |||
| Note on machine processing | Alternating rotary growth causes dulling on the tool | |||
| Predrilling | recommended | |||
| Gluing | Yes | |||
| Parallel | 9500 | %/% | ||
| Radial | 2.2000000000000002 | % | ||
| Tangential | 3.9 | % | ||
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