Chinese name: ya bean, African wood
Latin name: Millettia laurentii
English name: Wenge
Name: Butterfly family Fabaceae
Generic name: Millettia
Common name: African chicken-wing wood.

Trees and distribution

Daqiaomu; Is a kind of African mahogany, tree 18~21m, 1.2m. Trunk length is usually 3~4.5M; Tanzania, Mozambique, such as the Congo basin. Is a very high quality mahogany, wood, textured like chicken wings, usually used in the very upscale furniture.

Chicken pen

Wood properties

Wood is Diffuse porous wood; Sapwood is light yellow with a width of 2.5-7.5cm; Heartwood is chocolate and the depth interval ribbons, or Brown and White Ribbon; Sapwood and distinct, growth ring is obvious; Control or sediment-rich gum; Wood quail has a special on chicken feather pattern; Wood is generally straight, medium structure and uniform, no special smell; Very resistant; Has the natural decay resistance to fungal decay and termites; Rich dark gums; Material hard and heavy air dry density 0.80-0.91g/cm3; wood highly wear-resistant, narrow, medium strength; Dry slightly faster performance. Sawing, planing process properties, such as secondary, the tool easily blunt; Good resistance to abrasion; Good turning performance.

Uses:

The timber is used for heavy construction, overloaded floors, durable materials, vehicles, small wood, fine furniture and decorative materials, piano, fiddle, plywood, boxes, precision instruments, carvings, sewing products.

Chicken wing plate