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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

African Mahogany

KHXX , wood, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,

African Mahogany

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

African Mahogany

Khaya anthotheca , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

African Mahogany

KHXX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson