Mora excelsa
Mora
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Mora | |
| English | Mora | |
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Further information
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Origin
| Geographic Regions | Central America; South America | |||
| States and Territories | Venezuela; Trinidad & Tobago; Surinam; Guyana | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Fabales | |||
| Family | Fabaceae | |||
| Genus | Mora | |||
| Species | excelsa | |||
| Author citation | Benth. | |||
| Scientific name | Mora excelsa Benth. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 3 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | n/a | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m-b | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 950.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 1000.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 1100.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
Mora excelsa , ©Dennis Wilson