Cordia africana
African cordia
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | African Cordia | |
| Deutsch | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| English | African cordia | |
| Français | Cordia d'Afrique | |
| Italiano | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| Suomi | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| Norsk | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| Čeština | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| Español | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| Svenska | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| Polski | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| Український | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| Român | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| Русский | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| Български | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| EESTI | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| 日本語 | Afrikanische Cordia | |
| Other names | Cordia d'Afrique |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa | |||
| States and Territories | South Africa (Limpopo); Guinea; Mali; ?Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Chad; Central African Republic; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Kenya; Uganda; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique; Angola; Madagascar; New Caledonia [I]; Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir); Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); India [c] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
| [c] = Commercially cultivated | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Boraginales | |||
| Family | Cordiaceae | |||
| Genus | Cordia | |||
| Species | africana | |||
| Author citation | Lam. | |||
| Scientific name | Cordia africana Lam. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 2 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | M | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 1 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 3 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 520.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 540.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 550.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
Cordia africana , ©Dennis Wilson