LIGNUM – Holzwirtschaft Schweiz | Economie suisse du bois | Economia svizzera del legno
Mühlebachstrasse 8 | 8008 Zürich | Tel. 044 267 47 77 | Fax 044 267 47 87 | info@lignum.ch

> Printversion

> Catalog Wood species

Calodendrum capense (L. fil.) Thunb.

Cape Chestnut

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Cape Chestnut
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; S-Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; India [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Sapindales
Family Rutaceae
Genus Calodendrum
Species capense
Author citation (L. fil.) Thunb.
Scientific name Calodendrum capense (L. fil.) Thunb.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Cape Chestnut

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Cape Chestnut

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Cape Chestnut

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Cape Chestnut

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson