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Bombax brevicuspe Sprague

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Kondroti
Other names

Further information

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Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa; Eastern Africa
States and Territories Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; S-Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Guinea-Bissau; Central African Republic; Benin; Guinea

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Genus Bombax
Species brevicuspe
Author citation Sprague
Scientific name Bombax brevicuspe Sprague

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) n/a
Termites S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 1
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood b

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 470.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 480.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 490.00 kg/m3

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