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Mukulungu
Red brown wood with dark brown veins. Well demarcated sapwood and fine texture. Slightly interlocked grain.
Origin: Cameroon
Possible end-uses: Hydraulic works in seawater, bridges, exterior panelling, heavy carpentry, sleepers, bottom plates for vehicles or containers
Marketing: Logs and sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: Heavy and hard wood with good mechanical properties
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Niove
Staudtia stipitata
Perfect wood of yellowish orange-brown colour with veins in darker shades. Occasionally oily surface. Curly grain may occur.
Origin: Cameroon
Possible end-uses: heavy carpentry, flooring, hydraulic works, exterior panelling,
Marketing: Logs and sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: Hard to very hard wood. Nervous, fissile and with excellent shock-resistance
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Okan
Cylicodiscus Gabunensis
Yellowish brown to red brown wood which darkens when exposed to light.
Origin: Gabon and Cameroon
Possible end-uses: flooring, carpentry, decking, exterior panelling
Marketing: Logs, Sawnwood and Joists
Physical and mechanical properties: Hard to very hard and very nervous wood. Naturally durable.
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Okoumé
Aucumea klaineana
Natural colour: light salmon to dark pink, darkening when exposed to light. Fine to medium texture. Slightly interlocked to interlocked grain. Fine silver grain.
With its production of more than 220 000 m3 per year, ROUGIER is one of the world’s leading Okoume producers.
Origin: Gabon
Possible end-uses: plywood, furniture, veneer, joinery
Marketing: Sawnwood and plywood
Physical and mechanical properties: Widely recognised as one the world’s best materials for rotary cut veneers, Okoume timber is easy to work and is as suitable for the manufacturing of furniture as for interior joinery.
Moreover, it is a species of a very even colour, good bonding performances and good compatibility with finished products.Download the CIRAD’s technical data sheet
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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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