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Entandrophragma cylindricum (Sprague) Sprague

Sapeli

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Sapelli
English Sapeli
Other names Sapele

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa
States and Territories Sierra Leone; Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Central African Republic; Uganda; Angola

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Sapindales
Family Meliaceae
Genus Entandrophragma
Species cylindricum
Author citation (Sprague) Sprague
Scientific name Entandrophragma cylindricum (Sprague) Sprague

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun bis rot

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 3
Mushrooms laboratory 3to4
Beetle D
Termites M
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 3
Impregnability of the sapwood 2
Width of the sapwood m

Physical properties

Shrinkage radial, mean 5.30 %
Shrinkage tangential, mean 7.20 %

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 640.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 650.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 700.00 kg/m3

Mechanical properties

Flexural strength, mean 105.00 N/mm2
Shear strength, mean 15.70 N/mm2
Young's modulus, mean 12500.00 N/mm2

Machining of tropical woods
(Provided by: Precius Woods)

Machine processing Good
Predrilling recommended
Gluing difficult

Janka hardness

Parallel 6700 %/%

Shrinkage rate fresh to 65% RH &phi (approx. 12% EMC)

Radial 3 %
Tangential 4.3 %

Areas of application

Furniture; Flooring; Doors & Windowframes

Appearances

Wood

Sapeli

ENCY , aufbau , ©Atlas Holz

Sapeli

ENCY , aufbau , ©Bollinger Furniere

Sapeli

ENCY , pommele, geschaelt , ©Bollinger Furniere

Sapeli

ENCY , 100x75mm , ©Hansueli Schmid

Sapeli

Entandrophragma cylindricum , ©Dennis Wilson