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Leplaea cedrata (A. Chev.) E. J. M. Koenen & J. J. De Wild.

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

Scented Guarea

GRXX , wood, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,

Scented Guarea

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