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Pycnanthus angolensis (Welw.) Exell

Ilomba

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Ilomba
Deutsch Ilomba
English Ilomba
Français Ilomba
Italiano Ilomba
Suomi Ilomba
Norsk Ilomba
Čeština Ilomba
Español Ilomba
Svenska Ilomba
Polski Ilomba
Український Ilomba
Român Ilomba
Русский Ilomba
Български Ilomba
EESTI Ilomba
日本語 Ilomba
Other names ilomba (DE, FR, GB, GA, CM, CG); adria, effoi, hétéré, qualélé, walélé (CI); cardwood (GB); otie, etsi (GH) dihn, dihin (LR); abora, akumu, ekom (NG); bali, bemba, bokondo, ilimba, nesamba, teng, tian (CM); kombo, mulomba (GA); bosenga, lomba, thsimbuku, lusenga senga (CG); mutuje (AO) lolako (CD); gboyei (LR) calabo (GQ)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa; Eastern Africa

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Magnoliales
Family Myristicaceae
Genus Pycnanthus
Species angolensis
Author citation (Welw.) Exell
Scientific name Pycnanthus angolensis (Welw.) Exell

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/myspyang.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood rot bis hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Beetle S
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 1
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood x

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 440.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 480.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 510.00 kg/m3

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