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Milicia regia (A. Chev.) C. C. Berg

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Iroko
Other names Kambala

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa; Eastern Africa
States and Territories Guinea; Gambia; ?Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Rosales
Family Moraceae
Genus Milicia
Species regia
Author citation (A. Chev.) C. C. Berg
Scientific name Milicia regia (A. Chev.) C. C. Berg

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 1to2
Beetle D
Termites D
Lithophagous molluscs D
Remarks Splintholz gegen Lyctus nicht beständig. Unter Laborbedingungen nicht beständig gegen Termiten

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 630.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 650.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 670.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

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