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Canarium schweinfurthii Engl.

African Canarium; Bediwunua

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) African Canarium
Deutsch Aiélé
English African Canarium; Bediwunua
Français Aiélé
Italiano Aiélé
Suomi Aiélé
Norsk Aiélé
Čeština Aiélé
Español Aiélé
Svenska Aiélé
Polski Aiélé
Український Aiélé
Român Aiélé
Русский Aiélé
Български Aiélé
EESTI Aiélé
日本語 Aiélé
Other names Aiélé , canarium (DE, GB, BE, NG); m'bili (AO, CG, LR); African canarium (GB, NG); bidikala, bidinkala, mbidikala (BE, CD); ahie, labe (CI); abel, abeul, ovili (GA); bediwunua (GH); olem (GQ); atué, botua, wotua (CM); goekwehn (LR); elimi, ibagho (NG); m'wafu (UG); bobele, mubiri, mupafu (CD)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa; Eastern Africa
States and Territories Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; SW-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; ?Equatorial Guinea; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Central African Republic; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; W-Tanzania; N-Angola; N-Zambia

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Sapindales
Family Burseraceae
Genus Canarium
Species schweinfurthii
Author citation Engl.
Scientific name Canarium schweinfurthii Engl.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood gelb bis hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Beetle n/a
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs n/a
Remarks Splintholz nicht beständig gegen Lyctus /D häufig Wechseldrehwuchs /E frequently with interlocked grain /F contrefil fréquent /P freqüentemente com grã entrecruzad /S frecuentemente con hilo entrecruzado

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 4
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood m

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 490.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 500.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 530.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

African Canarium;  Bediwunua

CNSC , wood, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,

African Canarium;  Bediwunua

CNSC , wood, label, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,