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Pterocarya tonkinensis (Franch.) Dode

Flügelnuss; wingnut; nayer ailé

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Flügelnuss; wingnut; nayer ailé
Other names feng yang (CN); sawagurumi (JP); Chinese, Japanese wingnut (GB, US), sohm (LA)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories China (Yunnan); Laos; Viet Nam

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fagales
Family Juglandaceae
Genus Pterocarya
Species tonkinensis
Author citation (Franch.) Dode
Scientific name Pterocarya tonkinensis (Franch.) Dode

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers halbringporig/zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/jugptero.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 braun/hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.40 kg/m3

Appearances