Millettia laurentii
Wengé
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Wengé | |
| English | Wengé | |
| Français | Faux Ebenier; Palissandre d'Afrique | |
| Other names | nson-so (GA), awong (CM), n'toko, n'gondou (CG), dikela, kiboto, mboto, monkonge, mundambi, bokonge, tshikalakala (CD) |
Further information
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Origin
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa; Eastern Africa | |||
| States and Territories | Zaire; Rwanda; Gabon; Equatorial Guinea; Congo; Cameroon | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Fabales | |||
| Family | Fabaceae | |||
| Genus | Millettia | |||
| Species | laurentii | |||
| Author citation | De Wild. | |||
| Scientific name | Millettia laurentii De Wild. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/papmilau.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Mit Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | braun bis schwarz | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 2 | |||
| Mushrooms laboratory | 1 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
| Remarks | Unter Laborbedingungen nicht beständig gegen Termiten | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | n/a | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 780.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 830.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 900.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
MTLR , aufbau , ©Atlas Holz
MTLR , rift , ©Atlas Holz
MTLR , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere
MTLR , 100x75mm , ©Hansueli Schmid
Millettia laurentii , ©Dennis Wilson