Staudtia Kamerunensis Warb. (=Staudtia stipitata). It belongs to the family Myristicaceae
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Other names
Ekop
Latin name
Staudtia Kamerunensis Warb. (=Staudtia stipitata). It belongs to the family Myristicaceae
Growth area
Gabon, Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tree description
Height 20-30m. The 10-18 (-20)m long, straight, cylindrical trunk has a trunk base of (0.5) 0.6-0.7 (-1)m. The trunk base is sometimes swollen.
Wood description
The heartwood is fresh orange-brown, approaching from light reddish-brown to dark reddish-brown, sometimes streaked slightly darker on the quarter face. The 80-100mm wide, light-coloured sapwood passes into a sometimes quite wide zone of light orange-yellow transitional wood between heartwood and sapwood. Freshly worked, niové has a perperous odour.
Wire
Straight, sometimes slight cross-hatching.
Grain
Fine
Voluminous mass
800 - 850 -1000 kg/m³ at 12% moisture content
Sustainability
Natural durability class 1 (NEN - EN 350). The zone of transition wood (between sapwood and heartwood) has the same durability as the sapwood.
