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Pouteria altissima (A.Chev.) Baehni

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Aningeria
Français Aniégré
Other names

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa; Eastern Africa
States and Territories Ghana; Guinea; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Nigeria; Niger; Sierra Leone; Central African Republic; Cameroon; Congo; Gabon; Rwanda; Zaire; Ethiopia; Sudan; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Ericales
Family Sapotaceae
Genus Pouteria
Species altissima
Author citation (A.Chev.) Baehni
Scientific name Pouteria altissima (A.Chev.) Baehni

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/sapan-an.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun bis gelb bis hell/rot bis hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 4to5
Beetle S
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 1
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood x

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 540.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 580.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 630.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

AQXX , riegel, rift , ©Bollinger Furniere

AQXX , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere