Carapa procera
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Andiroba | |
| Other names |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Central America; South America | |||
| States and Territories | Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Guinea; Mali; SW-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Central African Republic; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; NW-Angola; Uganda; Rwanda; Burundi; ?Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Amazonas); Honduras [I]; Java [I] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Meliaceae | |||
| Genus | Carapa | |||
| Species | procera | |||
| Author citation | DC. | |||
| Scientific name | Carapa procera DC. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 3to4 | |||
| Beetle | S | |||
| Termites | M | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 3 | |||
| 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 | 610.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 620.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 640.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
Carapa procera , ©Dennis Wilson
Bark
CRGN , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
CRGN , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
CRGN , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
Branch
CRGN , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson