Species: Wengé
Botanical name: Millettia Laurentii de Wild.
International names: English: Wengé - French: Wengé - German: Wengé
Geographic origin: Africa
Texture: Coarse
Fibre: Straight
Mass volume: at 12% humidity: 630 - 980 Kg/m3
Shrinkage: High
Nervosity: 0,34
Dimensional stability: Average - high
Suitability for use in bathrooms and on heated screed: Average
Brinell hardness test: Average - high
Durability (resistance to fungi and insects): Heartwood good. Sapwood poor.
Oxidisation:Low Average
Varnishing: No problem
Other aspects: Presence of mineral traces.