Milicia spp.
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Iroko | |
| Other names | Kambala |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa; Eastern Africa | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Rosales | |||
| Family | Moraceae | |||
| Genus | Milicia | |||
| Species | spp. | |||
| Scientific name | Milicia spp. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1to2 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | D | |||
| Remarks | Splintholz gegen Lyctus nicht beständig. Unter Laborbedingungen nicht beständig gegen Termiten | |||
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 | 630.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 650.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 670.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
MIXX , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere