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Klainedoxa gabonensis Pierre

Eveuss

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Eveuss
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Further information

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Origin

Geographic Regions Congo Basin
States and Territories Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Central African Republic; Uganda; South Sudan; NW-Tanzania; Zambia; Guinea-Bissau; Angola

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malpighiales
Family Irvingiaceae
Genus Klainedoxa
Species gabonensis
Author citation Pierre
Scientific name Klainedoxa gabonensis Pierre

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Macroscopic features

Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood orangegelb goldbraun dunkelbraun

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 1
Beetle D
Termites D
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 3
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a
Width of the sapwood n/a

Physical properties

Shrinkage radial, mean 7.70 %
Shrinkage tangential, mean 9.50 %

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 1000.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 1050.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 1150.00 kg/m3

Mechanical properties

Flexural strength, lower limit 150.00 N/mm2
Flexural strength, mean 170.00 N/mm2
Flexural strength, upper limit 190.00 N/mm2
Young's modulus, mean 22550.00 N/mm2

Machining of tropical woods
(Provided by: Precius Woods)

Machine processing Good
Predrilling recommended
Gluing moderate to poor

Janka hardness

Parallel 10100 %/%

Areas of application

Marine; Construction

Appearances

Wood

Eveuss

Klainedoxa gabonensis , ©Precious Woods