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Millettia laurentii De Wild.

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

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

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

Wengé

MTLR , aufbau , ©Atlas Holz

Wengé

MTLR , rift , ©Atlas Holz

Wengé

MTLR , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere

Wengé

MTLR , 100x75mm , ©Hansueli Schmid

Wengé

Millettia laurentii , ©Dennis Wilson