Ayous
Ayous
Triplochiton scleroxylon
The wood is naturally very light yellow to white or grey. Sapwood and heartwood of the same colour. Also called Obeche, Samba or Wawa
Origin: Cameroon
Possible end-uses: Plywood, mouldings, sauna slats, interior joinery.
Marketing: Logs, KD sawnwood and finished products
Physical and mechanical properties: The wood has fine texture and is easy to work
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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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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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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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Béli
Béli
Julbernardia pellegriniana
There are two sub-species: The brown Beli (alternating different shades of brown), and the red Beli (uniform coppery red colour)
Origin: Gabon
Possible end-uses: Cabinet-making, flooring, plywood, coffins.
(Download the table of application for African species)Marketing: Sawnwood
Physical and mechanical properties: semi-hard to hard wood, nervous, elastic and resistant to splitting
