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Wenge

Wenge, Panga-Panga
Scientific Name Millettia Stuhlmannii
Family Leguminosae (legume)
Other names Panga-Panga, Jambire, Messara, Mpande, Awoung
Distribution East Africa
The wood Heartwood dark brown to almost black with alternate layers of light and dark tissue forming a decorative figure; sapwood yellowish white, clearly demarcated. Texture rather coarse; grain straight. It weighs 800-870 kg/m3 with a 12% humidity.
Seasoning It seasons well and rather rapidly with little degrade
Workability Sawing and machining is somewhat difficult
Uses It is often used for flooring, joinery, general construction

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