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Bobgunnia fistuloides (Harms) J.H.Kirkbr. & Wiersema

Snake bean plant

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Dina
Deutsch Pau rosa
English Snake bean plant
Français Pau rosa
Italiano Pau rosa
Suomi Pau rosa
Norsk Pau rosa
Čeština Pau rosa
Español Pau rosa
Svenska Pau rosa
Polski Pau rosa
Український Pau rosa
Român Pau rosa
Русский Pau rosa
Български Pau rosa
EESTI Pau rosa
日本語 Pau rosa
Other names

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa; Eastern Africa
States and Territories Zaire; Nigeria; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Gabon; Equatorial Guinea; Congo; Central African Rep.; Cameroon; Angola

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Bobgunnia
Species fistuloides
Author citation (Harms) J.H.Kirkbr. & Wiersema
Scientific name Bobgunnia fistuloides (Harms) J.H.Kirkbr. & Wiersema

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/caeswfis.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Mit Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun bis rot/violett

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 3
Width of the sapwood s

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 900.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 1000.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 1100.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Snake bean plant

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