Millettia stuhlmannii Taub.
Panga panga
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Wengé | |
| English | Panga panga | |
| Other names | jambire (MZ), mpande, partridge wood (TZ) |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa; Eastern Africa | |||
| States and Territories | Zimbabwe; Tanzania; Mozambique | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Fabales | |||
| Family | Fabaceae | |||
| Genus | Millettia | |||
| Species | stuhlmannii | |||
| Author citation | Taub. | |||
| Scientific name | Millettia stuhlmannii Taub. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/papmistu.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 schwarz | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 2 | |||
| Mushrooms laboratory | 1 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
| Remarks | Unter Laborbedingungen nicht beständig gegen Termiten | |||
Impregnability
(according to EN 350)
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | n/a | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 780.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 830.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 900.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
Millettia stuhlmannii , ©Dennis Wilson