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Erythrophleum guineense G.Don

Tali; Sasswood; Ordeal Tree; Red Water Tree; Red Water Tree Of Sierra Leone; Sassy Bark

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Missanda
English Tali;Sasswood; Ordeal Tree; Red Water Tree; Red Water Tree Of Sierra Leone; Sassy Bark
Français Tali, lim du Gabon
Other names missanda (GB, MZ, CD); mancone (GW); alui, atiemia, lo, méli (CI); eloun, elon (GA, CM); elondo, eyo (GA); bolondo, loundi, oloun (CM); bobala, dikassaakassa, kassa, massanda, mishenga, sasswood, ngero (CG, CD); muave (MZ); erun, ibo, obo (NG); gogwi (LR); potrodom (GH); etsa (TG)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa; Eastern Africa
States and Territories Zimbabwe; Zambia; Zaire; Uganda; Togo; Tanzania; Sudan; Sri Lanka; Singapore; Sierra Leone; Senegal; Nigeria; Mozambique; Mali; Malawi; Kenya; Ivory Coast; Guinea Bissau; Guinea; Ghana; Gambia The; Chad; Central African Rep.; Cameroon

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Erythrophleum
Species guineense
Author citation G.Don
Scientific name Erythrophleum guineense G.Don

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
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Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Mit Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun/rot/gelb

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 1
Beetle D
Termites D
Lithophagous molluscs S-M

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 4
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a
Width of the sapwood f

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 800.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 900.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 1000.00 kg/m3

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