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Nomenclature. Family: FABACEAE-FABOIDEAE. Further trade and local names: Ambila, bloodwood, brown African padauk, kajat, kiaat (ZA); mulombwa (Zaire); mninga, mtumbati (TZ); mukwa (ZM); mbila, umbila (MZ); girassonde (AO); mukwa, Rhodesian walnut (ZW); mokwa, morotômadi (BW); morôtô (LS); bloodwood, paddle-wood, sealing-wax tree, wild teak, Transvaal teak (GB);
greinhout, kajatenhout, lakhout, wilde-kiaat (NL,ZA). Code according to DIN EN 13556: none.
CITES(EU) status of protection. Listed in Annex II(B).
Similar timbers. Other species of the genus Pterocarpus and some of the genus Dalbergia.
Geographic distribution. Tropical Africa. Southern and south eastern Africa.
Growth rings, colour, grain, etc. Growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent. Heartwood basically brown, red (heartwood colour can vary widely from a lighter golden brown, to a darker reddish or purplish brown); with streaks (occasionally), or without streaks. Sapwood distinct from heartwood colour. Odour distinct (mild aromatic scent when processed). Wood light weight and soft, or of medium weight (0,40–0,61–0,70). Interlocked grain present.
Hardwood vs softwood. Vessels (pores) present (= hardwood).
Vessels (pores). Wood diffuse-porous. Vessels (pores) arranged in no specific pattern; in multiples; commonly in short (2–3 vessels) radial rows. Vessels medium to large (100–200 µm); very few to few. Tyloses absent. Other deposits in heartwood vessels (pores) present.
Axial parenchyma. Axial parenchyma present; banded, or not banded. Parenchyma bands not (only) marginal; narrow; but much wider than rays. Other macroscopically visible types of axial parenchyma: aliform winged, confluent.
Rays. Rays narrow. Large rays commonly less than 1 mm high.
Storied structure. Storied structure present. Tiers regular (horizontal or slightly inclined); 3–4 per axial millimetre.
Physical and chemical tests. Heartwood extractives not leachable by water. Froth test negative.
Additional information. • mun.jpg. Radial surface, natural size.
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Cite this publication as: ‘Richter, H.G., Gembruch, K., and Koch, G. 2014 onwards. CITESwoodID: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. In English, French, German, and Spanish. Version: 4th April 2023. www.delta-intkey.com’.
