Pterygota macrocarpa
African pterygota
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Koto | |
| Deutsch | Koto | |
| English | African pterygota | |
| Français | Koto | |
| Italiano | Koto | |
| Suomi | Koto | |
| Norsk | Koto | |
| Čeština | Koto | |
| Español | Koto | |
| Svenska | Koto | |
| Polski | Koto | |
| Український | Koto | |
| Român | Koto | |
| Русский | Koto | |
| Български | Koto | |
| EESTI | Koto | |
| 日本語 | Koto | |
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Further information
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Origin
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa | |||
| States and Territories | Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Benin; Togo; Guinea | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malvales | |||
| Family | Malvaceae | |||
| Genus | Pterygota | |||
| Species | macrocarpa | |||
| Author citation | K. Schum. | |||
| Scientific name | Pterygota macrocarpa K. Schum. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/steptbeq.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly 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 | Nicht beständig gegen Lyctus Neigt zur Bläue | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 1 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 1 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | x | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 510.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 560.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 630.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
PCXX , Pterygota macrocarpa, rift , ©Bollinger Furniere