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Dibetou
Lovoa Klaineana
This wood is yellowish or grey brown and has black depots in its pores. Also called Bibolo.
Origin: Cameroon and Gabon
Possible end-uses: sliced veneers, cabinet-making, furniture, interior joinery
Marketing: Sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: the wood is soft, moderately nervous, quite fissile and with low shock-resistance.
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Doussie
Afzelia bipiendensis, Afzelia pachyloba
After sawing, the wood is first light brown and then darkens. The general aspect is rather uniform with quite coarse texture.
Origin: Cameroon
Possible end-uses: flooring, furniture, cabinet-making, exterior and interior joinery
Marketing: Sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: the wood is hard to very hard, moderately nervous, quite fissile and with low shock-resistance. Very low shrinkage, very good dimensional stability
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Eyong
Piptadeniastrum africanum
Light brown wood going towards dark brown on exposure, with a particular odour when green.
Origin: Cameroon
Possible end-uses: furniture, flooring, veneers, interior joinery
Marketing: Logs
Physical and mechanical properties: Semi-hard wood, nervous, quite fissile and elastic
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Frake
Terminalia Superba
The wood is rather uniformly straw yellow with slight interlocked grain Also called Limba.
Origin: Cameroon
Possible end-uses: plywood, sliced veneers, moulding, interior and exterior joinery
Marketing: Logs and sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: Soft to semi-hard wood, moderately nervous. Fissile, low shock-resistance
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Iatandza
Albizia ferruginea
Perfect wood (Duramen) with a brow yellow to dark reddish brown colour, with golden glints. Slightly interlocked grain.
Origin: CameroonPossible end-uses: Light carpentry, interior joinery, veneers and plywood, stairs
Marketing: Sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: Good stability, tends to split when nailing
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Iroko
Chlorophora excelsa
The wood is yellowish brown with some darker parts. The wood strongly darkens over time, giving it a rich bronze shade. Medium texture, occurrence of marked interlocked grain.
Origin: Gabon, Cameroun and Congo
Possible end-uses: cabinet-making, shipbuilding, flooring, decking
Marketing: Sawnwood
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Kosipo
Entandrophragma Candollei
The wood is red brown with purplish shades and darkens when exposed to light. The texture is coarse with slight interlocked grain. The aspect resembles Sapele.
Origin: Cameroon
Possible end-uses: plywood, interior and exterior joinery, sliced and peeled veneers, furniture
Marketing: Sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: Fine texture, straight grain as a rule, semi-hard, moderately nervous, rather elastic
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Moabi
Baillonella Toxisperma
Pinkish red brown wood, which darkens rapidly. Straight grain as a rule and fine texture.
Origin: Cameroon
Possible end-uses: exterior and interior joinery, stairs, furniture, exterior panelling
Marketing: Sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: Hard and naturally durable wood
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Movingui
Distemonanthus Benthamianus
Lemon yellow to yellowish brown wood with clearly demarcated sapwood, fine texture and slightly interlocked grain.
Origin: Gabon and Cameroon
Possible end-uses: interior and exterior joinery, stairs, flooring, cabinet-making
Marketing: Sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: the wood is semi-hard, moderately nervous and elastic with excellent shock-resistance.
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