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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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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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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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
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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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