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Veneer Koto
BackWood speciesKoto
Bot. NamePterygota macrocarpa
Tradename EnKoto
Type
Deciduous tree
Price
Color
Beige,
Light Brown
Thickness
0.6 /
0.9 mm
Wood Structure
Quarter Cut,
Crown Cut
SurfaceSmooth
TreatmentNatural
Country of harvestAfrica
Usages
Interior,
Furniture,
Door
Certification
No Certification possible
Note
Detailed Description
A tree up to 40 m high with diameters of up to 100 cm. Shaft upright, straight and cylindrically grown, with high buttress roots, which can reach up to 6 m, up to 20 m knotless. The bark is ash grey, smooth and finely cracked.
Tradenames and other names
Bot. Name: Pterygota macrocarpa
Tradename De: Koto
Tradename En: Koto
Properties
Raw density: 650- 720 Kg/m3
Occurrence
In the rainforests of West Africa, preferably in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon, but also in parts of the Ivory Coast.
Characteristic and wood color
Sapwood and heartwood only slightly different in colour. The sapwood is slightly lighter, while the heartwood is creamy to white-yellow. The pores are numerous, open, medium sized and scattered. The medullary rays are very fine, numerous, yellowish, visible without a magnifying glass, in longitudinal section densely overlapping, of different height, straight, dull, in tangential section visible as tiny, thin stitches.
