the Botanical name - Pterygota bequaertii.
German, English and Italian names - Mutenye.
Meets in rain woods of Nigeria and Cameroon. Other names: kefe (Nigeria), awari
(Ghana).
Wood of cream colour, sometimes with a grayish shade. Zabolon' and a kernel do not differ. Fibres putano-svilevatye. A structure moderately large. On radial cuts speckled drawing is sometimes observed.
Durability: on the majority of indicators it is similar to ash-tree wood, but concedes to it on impact strength, hardness and especially on resistance to splitting. Wood unstable. It is easily processed by sharply ground tools. Planing and profiling of radial surfaces is usually accompanied zadirom, that it is possible to eliminate reduction of a corner of cutting to 20 °. Wood sticks well together, painted, and at use porozapolnitelei is perfectly polished. It is applied as an interline interval, furniture designs and joiner's products of internal service. The interline interval, especially in a dry condition, demands the cautious reference as it is very easy rastreskivaetsya. For prevention of formation of cracks by an obligatory condition drilling of apertures under nails and screws is. Application of varnishes, glues and first coats on a water basis is not recommended.
Volume weight in an air-dry condition: about 670 kg/m. a cube