Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) C. DC.
African Mahogany
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Acajou d'Afrique | |
| Deutsch | Khaya | |
| English | African Mahogany | |
| Français | Acajou d'Afrique | |
| Italiano | Khaya | |
| Suomi | Khaya | |
| Norsk | Khaya | |
| Čeština | Khaya | |
| Español | Khaya | |
| Svenska | Khaya | |
| Polski | Khaya | |
| Український | Khaya | |
| Român | Khaya | |
| Русский | Khaya | |
| Български | Khaya | |
| EESTI | Khaya | |
| 日本語 | Khaya | |
| Other names | Afrikanisches Mahagoni, Khaya (DE); Benin-, Lagos-mahagoni (NG); Dubini-, Axim-, Accra-, Tacoradi mahagony (GH); n'gollon, n'dola, Kap Lopez mahagoni (GA); Grand Bassam mahagoni (CI); undianunu (AO); acajou d'Afrique (FR); Douala mahonie (NL) |
Further information
| Intkey | ||
| COL | ||
| Wikipedia | ||
| FSC | ||
| Xylotheque |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa; Eastern Africa | |||
| States and Territories | Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; ?Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; NW-Angola; Uganda; Burundi; SE-Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe; South Sudan; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal) | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Meliaceae | |||
| Genus | Khaya | |||
| Species | anthotheca | |||
| Author citation | (Welw.) C. DC. | |||
| Scientific name | Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) C. DC. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/melkh-af.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | indistinct or not recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | braun bis rot | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 3 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | S | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
Impregnability
(according to EN 350)
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 2 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 490.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 520.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 530.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
KHXX , wood, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,
KHXX , wood, label, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,
Khaya anthotheca , ©Dennis Wilson
Bark
KHXX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson