• Wenge

    Appellation : PANGA-PANGA
    Famille : FABACEAE
    Noms scientifiques : MILLETTIA LAURENTII / STUHLMANNII
    Provenance : AFRIQUE CENTRALE

    DESCRIPTION DU BOIS

    Couleur référence : brun foncé
    Aubier : bien distinct
    Grain : grossier
    Fil : droit
    Contre-fil : absent

    Parfois cœur mou et mulotage.
    Bois jaune à l’état frais devenant brun foncé à brun noir à la lumière. Présence de bandes alternativement claires et foncées.

    Wenge

    1.001.10
  • Tiama

    Appellation : ABEBA
    Famille : MELIACEAE
    Noms scientifiques : ENTANDROPHRAGMA ANGOLENSE /  CONGOENSE / EXCELSUM
    Provenance : AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST – AFRIQUE CENTRALE

    DESCRIPTION DU BOIS

    Couleur référence : brun rouge
    Aubier : bien distinct
    Grain : moyen
    Fil : contre-fil
    Contre-fil : accusés

    Tiama

    1.001.10
  • Padouk

    Name: MBEL
    Family: FABACEAE
    Scientific names: PTEROCARPUS SOYAUXII / OSUN
    Origin: WEST AFRICA – CENTRAL AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    Reference color:
    sapwood red : very distinct
    Grain: coarse Grain
    : straight or counter-grain
    Counter-grain: light

    The wood, bright red in color, turns purplish brown in light.

    Padouk

    1.001.10
  • Moabi

    Name: AYAP – ADJAP
    Family: SAPOTACEAE
    Scientific names: BAILLONELLA TOXISPERMA – MIMUSOPS DJAVE
    Origin: CENTRAL AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    Reference color: red brown
    Sapwood: very distinct
    Grain: fine Grain
    : straight or counter-grain
    Counter-grain: light

    Wood pinkish brown to red brown more or less dark and finely veined. Satin aspect on quarter.

    Moabi

    1.001.10
  • Kotibé

    Name: ABORBORA
    Family: STERCULIACEAE
    Scientific names: NESOGORDONIA PAPAVERIFERA – CISTANTHERA PAPAVERIFERA
    Origin: WEST AFRICA – CENTRAL AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    Reference color: red brown
    Sapwood: very distinct
    Grain: fine Grain
    : straight or counter-grain
    Counter-grain: light

    Pale brown to reddish brown wood. Ribboned and moiré aspect on quarter. Sometimes very small knots are present.

    Kotibé

    1.001.10
  • Izombé

    Name: AKE
    Family: OCHNACEAE
    Scientific names: TESTULEA GABONENSIS
    Origin: CENTRAL AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    Reference color: yellow brown

    Sapwood: not very distinct
    Grain: fine Grain:
    straight or counter-grain
    Counter-grain: light

    Brown to orange-yellow wood.

    Izombé

    1.001.10
  • Eyong

    Name: BONGELE
    Family: STERCULIACEAE
    Scientific names: ERIBROMA OBLONGA – STERCULIA OBLONGA
    Origin: WEST AFRICA – CENTRAL AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    Reference color: light yellow

    Sapwood: not very distinct
    Grain: medium Grain:
    straight or cross grain
    Counter grain: light
    Creamy white to pale yellow brown with white veins. Wide mesh. Fat to the touch. Unpleasant odor when green

    Eyong

    1.001.10
  • Douka

    Names: MAKORE
    Family: SAPOTACEAE
    Scientific names: TIEGHEMELLA HECKELII / AFRICANA
    Origin: WEST AFRICA – CENTRAL AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    Reference color: red brown

    Sapwood: very distinct
    Grain: medium Grain:
    straight or counter-grain
    Counter-grain: marked but infrequent

    Wood dark pink brown to dark red brown with sometimes purplish reflections and / or pale veins not very distinct. Often moiré.

    Douka

    1.001.10
  • Bossé

    Family: MELIACEAE
    Scientific names:: GUAREA CEDRATA / THOMPSONII / LAURENTII
    G. Cedrata and G. Laurentii are called Bossés clair; G. Thompsonii is called Dark Bossé.
    Origin: WEST AFRICA – CENTRAL AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    Reference color: pinkish brown

    Sapwood: very distinct
    Grain: fine
    Thread: counter grain
    Counter grain: light

    Corrugated or irregular wire. G. Thompsonii has a straighter grain.
    Wood pinkish brown (G. Cedrata) to orange brown (G. Thompsonii. Slightly shimmering appearance. G. Cedrata has a cedar odor and a tendency for resin exudation.

    Bossé

    1.001.10
  • Beli

    Appellations: AWOURA
    Family: CAESALPINIACEAE
    Scientific names: JULBERNARDIA PELLEGRINIANA – PARABERLINIA BIFOLIOLATA
    Origin: CENTRAL AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    • Reference color: brown
    • Sapwood: quite distinct
    • Grain: medium
    • Thread: straight or counter-thread
    • Counter grain: light

    Wood very veined by the alternation of light bands and dark bands. Thread sometimes oblique.

    Beli

    1.001.10
  • Teck

    € 1.00
    Tree size: 100-130 ft (30-40 m) high, 3-5 ft (1-1.5 m) trunk diameter
    Average dry weight: 41 lb / ft3 (655 kg / m3)
    Specific gravity (basic, 12% MC): .55, .66
    Janka hardness: 1070 lbf (4740 N)
    Modulus of rupture: 14080 lbf / in2 (97.1 MPa)
    Elastic modulus: 1781000 lbf / in2 ( 12.28 GPa)
    Crush resistance: 7940 lbf / in2 (54.8 MPa)

    Shrinkage: Radial: 2.6%, Tangential: 5.3%, Volumetric: 7.2%, T / R Ratio: 2.0

    Teck

    1.001.10
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