BLACK WENGE
| Origin: | Africa |
| Other names: | Awoung, Awong, Panga-Panga, Jambire, Mpande |
WOOD DESCRIPTION
| Color: | dark brown |
| Sapwood: | clearly demarcated |
| Texture: | coarse |
| Grain: | straight |
| Interlocked grain: | absent |
| Note: | Sometimes, brittleheart and grub hole. Wood yellow when fresh, becoming dark brown to black brown with light. Presence of alternate light and dark stripes. |
NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY
| Funghi (according to E.N. standards): | class 2 – durable |
| Dry wood borers: | durable – sapwood demarcated (risk limited to sapwood) |
| Termites (according to E.N. standards): | class D – durable |
| Treatability (according to E.N. standards): | class 4 – not permeable |
| Use class ensured by natural durability: | class 4 – in ground or fresh water contact |
| Species covering the use class 5: | No |
| Note: | This species is listed in the European standard NF EN 350-2. According to the European standard NF EN 335, performance length might be modified by the intensity of end-use exposition. |