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Senegalia nigrescens (Oliv.) P.J.H.Hurter

Knobthorn

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Namuno
Deutsch Knobthorn
English Knobthorn
Français Knobthorn
Italiano Knobthorn
Suomi Knobthorn
Norsk Knobthorn
Čeština Knobthorn
Español Knobthorn
Svenska Knobthorn
Polski Knobthorn
Український Knobthorn
Român Knobthorn
Русский Knobthorn
Български Knobthorn
EESTI Knobthorn
日本語 Knobthorn
Other names

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Origin

Geographic Regions Eastern Africa
States and Territories Africa, Zambia; Africa, Mozambique; Africa, Botswana; Africa, Zimbabwe; Africa, Tanzania; Africa, Swaziland; Africa, South Africa; Africa, Namibia; Africa, Malawi

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Senegalia
Species nigrescens
Author citation (Oliv.) P.J.H.Hurter
Scientific name Senegalia nigrescens (Oliv.) P.J.H.Hurter

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 1
Beetle n/a
Termites D
Lithophagous molluscs n/a

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 4
Impregnability of the sapwood 2
Width of the sapwood s

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 820.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 880.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 930.00 kg/m3

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