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Osanga
Pteleopsis hylodendron
Yellow brown to greyish green colour. Not clearly demarcated sapwood, fine texture.
Origin: Cameroon
Possible end-uses: heavy carpentry, exterior joinery, bridges (in touch with ground or water), sleepers, exterior panelling, bottom panels for vehicles or containers
Marketing: Logs, Sawnwood, Joists, Decking
Physical and mechanical properties: Hard and dense with high resistance and durability for exterior uses
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Padouk
Pterocarpus soyauxii
The wood has bright red colour, which rapidly turns purplish brown when exposed to light. Slightly interlocked grain. Fine texture.
Origin: Cameroon, Congo and Gabon
Possible end-uses: flooring, heavy carpentry, decking, exterior panelling.
Marketing: Sawnwood and Joists
Physical and mechanical properties: the wood is hard to semi-hard, moderately nervous and elastic with excellent shock-resistance. Naturally durable.
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Pao Rosa
Swartzia fistuloides
The wood is white pinkish to light red with red brown veins.
Origin: Cameroon and Congo
Possible end-uses: furniture, veneers, flooring, cabinet-making
Marketing: Logs and Sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: Hard to very hard and nervous wood. Elastic with high splitting resistance. Naturally durable.
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Sapele
Entandrophragma cylindricum
Red-brown wood with glinting strips when quarter sawn. Darkens in light. Clearly demarcated greyish-pink sapwood.
Origin: Congo and Cameroon
Possible end-uses: Interior and exterior joinery, plywood, flooring, stairs
Marketing: Logs, Sawnwood, Solid Finger-jointed Blocks, Components for blade shutters and other manufactured products
Physical and mechanical properties: Fine texture, usually straight grain. This species has the advantage of uniform colour, good bonding performances and good compatibility with finished products.
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Sipo
Entandrophragma utile
Red brown wood with mottled shades and irregular grain. Even colour.
Origin: Cameroon and Congo
Possible end-uses: Sliced veneers, furniture, interior and exterior joinery, shipbuilding (Download the table of application for African species)
Marketing: Logs and Sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: the wood is soft, elastic and moderately nervous. Low shock-resistance
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Tali
Erythropleum suaveolens
Yellow or orangey brown heartwood with red shades that darken when exposed to light. Well demarcated sapwood; coarse texture.
Origin: Cameroon, Congo and Gabon
Possible end-uses: Sleepers, carpentry, flooring, hydraulic works
Marketing: Logs, sawnwood, joists, decking
Physical and mechanical properties: Hard, resistant and naturally durable wood
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Wenge
Millettia laurenti
Yellow wood when green, turning dark brown to black brown. The wood contains alternate light and dark stripes.
Origin: Gabon
Possible end-uses: Sliced veneers, furniture, flooring, cabinet-making
Marketing: Sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: the wood is hard, nervous, quite fissile and very elastic with excellent shock-resistance.
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