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Veneer Afrormosia
BackDetailed Description
A tree up to 50 m high, up to 30 m knotless and 150 cm in diameter, but usually weaker. The bark detaches itself similar to the plane tree. The sloping pieces of bark leave red-blue spots on the grey to brownish-grey trunk bark.
Tradenames and other names
Bot. Name: Pericopsis elata
Tradename De: Kokrodua
Tradename En: Afromosia
Properties
Raw density: 700 - 850 Kg/m3
Occurrence
Grows in tropical lower rainforests.
Characteristic and wood color
The sapwood is almost white, very narrow and yellowed. The heartwood is well separated, yellowish green, brownish to olive, later darkening to dark yellow to yellow-brown. The wood is decorative and often forms narrow and regular stripes.