Wenge
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Wenge
Millettia laurenti
Yellow wood when green, turning dark brown to black brown. The wood contains alternate light and dark stripes.
- Resistance to fungi poor weak medium good
- Resistance to dry wood insect borers poor weak medium good
- Resistance to termites poor weak medium good
- Impregnability poor weak medium good
- Stability poor weak medium good
Origin: Gabon
Possible end-uses: Sliced veneers, furniture, flooring, cabinet-making
Marketing: Sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: the wood is hard, nervous, quite fissile and very elastic with excellent shock-resistance.
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