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Guarea spp. p.p.

Bossé

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Bossé clair
English Bossé
Other names G. cedrata: scented or white guarea (GB, NG); bossé claire (FR); bosasa, lisasa, dumbala (CD); divuiti (GA); bossi, kwabohoro (GH); akuraten, obobonufua (NG); timbi, ebangbembra, obobo (CM); krassé, ibotou, anakué, krassain, m'bossa (CI); G. thompsonii: mutigbanaye (CI); black guarea (NG); bossé foncé (FR); bolon (CM); guarea, diambi (CD)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Genus Guarea
Species spp.
Author citation p.p.
Scientific name Guarea spp. p.p.

Habitus

Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

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

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood rot bis braun/gelb bis braun bis rot

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 2v
Beetle D
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S
Remarks /D gelegentlich Austritt von Inhaltsstoffen an der Oberfläche /E occasionally exudation of coloured extractives on the surface /F parfois exudations colorées en surface /P ocasionalmente con exsudação de sustâncias orgânicas na superficie /S ocasionalmente exudaciones de extractivos coloridos en la superficie

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 4
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood m

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 570.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 580.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 630.00 kg/m3

Appearances