Leplaea cedrata
Scented Guarea
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Bossé clair | |
| English | Scented Guarea | |
| Français | Bossé clair | |
| Other names | scented or white guarea (GB, NG); bosasa, lisasa, dumbala (CD); divuiti (GA); bossi, kwabohoro (GH); akuraten, obobonufua (NG); timbi, ebangbembra, obobo (CM); krassé, ibotou, anakué, krassain, m'bossa (CI) |
Further information
| Intkey | ||
| COL | ||
| Wikipedia | ||
| FSC | ||
| Xylotheque |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa | |||
| States and Territories | Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Gabon; Central African Republic; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Equatorial Guinea | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Meliaceae | |||
| Genus | Leplaea | |||
| Species | cedrata | |||
| Author citation | (A. Chev.) E. J. M. Koenen & J. J. De Wild. | |||
| Scientific name | Leplaea cedrata (A. Chev.) E. J. M. Koenen & J. J. De Wild. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/melgu-bo.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| 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 | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| 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 according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 1 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| 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 | ||
Appearances
Wood
GRXX , wood, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,
GRXX , wood, label, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,