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Fabaceae

Wenge

Millettia laurentii De Wild.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Millettia

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Wenge: Macro view of the handle (jianbing) of a traditional Chinese tai chi sword (taijijian), showcasing the natural dark-and-brown feather-like wood grain of solid C
Photo: Jackxu0613, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (16)
Arabic
روزوود
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روزوود
Bulgarian
Венге
Chinese
非洲崖豆木
Dutch
Wengé
English
Wenge
Estonian
Must vengepuu
Finnish
Wengemillettia
Galician
Wengé
German
Wenge
Japanese
ウェンジ, ウエンジ
Lingala
Lifake ekaala
Norwegian Bokmål
Wenge
Polish
Wenge
Russian
Венге
Spanish
Wengué, Wengue

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.