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Afromorus mesozygia (Stapf ex A. Chev.) E. M. Gardner

African Mulberry

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Difou
English African Mulberry
Other names

Further information

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Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa; Eastern Africa
States and Territories South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; W-Ethiopia; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Angola

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Rosales
Family Moraceae
Genus Afromorus
Species mesozygia
Author citation (Stapf ex A. Chev.) E. M. Gardner
Scientific name Afromorus mesozygia (Stapf ex A. Chev.) E. M. Gardner

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 1
Beetle D
Termites D
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 3
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a
Width of the sapwood m

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 750.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 850.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 950.00 kg/m3

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