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Gilbertiodendron preussii (Harms) J.Leonard

Red Oak

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Limbali
English Red Oak
Other names vaa (CI); sehmeh, sehn, smar-ne-eh (LR); ekpagoi eze (NG); ekop, ekobem, essalem, essouleoue, motondo (CM); molapa (CF); abeum grandes feuilles (GA); ditshipi, ligudu (CD)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Western Africa; Eastern Africa
States and Territories Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Gabon; Cameroon

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Gilbertiodendron
Species preussii
Author citation (Harms) J.Leonard
Scientific name Gilbertiodendron preussii (Harms) J.Leonard

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
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Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein 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 2
Beetle D
Termites S-M
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 3
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a
Width of the sapwood m

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 700.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 800.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 900.00 kg/m3

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