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Dialium dinklagei Harms

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Éyoum
Other names

Further information

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Origin

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

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Dialium
Species dinklagei
Author citation Harms
Scientific name Dialium dinklagei Harms

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 1
Beetle D
Termites D
Lithophagous molluscs S

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 4
Impregnability of the sapwood n/a
Width of the sapwood s-m

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

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 800.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 950.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 1050.00 kg/m3

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