Pterocarpus tinctorius
African padauk
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Padouk d'Afrique | |
| Deutsch | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| English | African padauk | |
| Français | Padouk d'Afrique | |
| Italiano | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| Suomi | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| Norsk | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| Čeština | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| Español | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| Svenska | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| Polski | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| Український | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| Român | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| Русский | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| Български | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| EESTI | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| 日本語 | Afrikanisches Padouk | |
| Other names |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa | |||
| States and Territories | Zambia; Zaire; Tanzania; Mozambique; Malawi; Angola | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Fabales | |||
| Family | Fabaceae | |||
| Genus | Pterocarpus | |||
| Species | tinctorius | |||
| Author citation | Welw. | |||
| Scientific name | Pterocarpus tinctorius Welw. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 1 | |||
| Mushrooms laboratory | 1 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | D | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | D | |||
| Remarks | Unter Laborbedingungen nicht beständig gegen Termiten | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 2 | |||
| 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 | 720.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 740.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 820.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Areas of application
| Decking |
Appearances
Wood
PTXX , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere
PTXX , 100x75mm , ©Hansueli Schmid