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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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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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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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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