• Limba

    Appellations : FRAKÉ
    Famille : COMBRETACEAE
    Noms scientifiques : TERMINALIA SUPERBA
    Provenance : AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST – AFRIQUE CENTRALE

    DESCRIPTION DU BOIS

    Couleur référence : jaune clair
    Aubier : non distinct
    Grain : moyen
    Fil : droit ou contre-fil
    Contre-fil : léger

    Certaines grumes présentent un bois parfait noir grisâtre, plus ou moins veiné.

    Limba

    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
  • Kevazingo

    Appellations: BUBINGA
    Family: CAESALPINIOIDEAE
    Scientific names: GUIBOURTIA DEMEUSEI / PELLEGRINIANA / TESSMANNII
    Origin: CENTRAL AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    Reference color: red brown
    Sapwood: very distinct
    Grain: medium Grain
    : straight or cross-grain
    Counter-grain: light

    Pinkish or reddish brown wood very finely veined with purplish red. A few brown veins. Wire sometimes wavy

    Kevazingo

    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
  • Iroko

    Name: KAMBALA
    Family: MORACEAE
    Scientific names: MILICIA EXCELSA / REGIA
    Origin: WEST AFRICA – CENTRAL AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    Reference color: yellow brown

    Sapwood: quite distinct
    Grain: coarse
    Thread: counter grain
    Counter grain: light

    Yellow brown to more or less dark brown with golden reflections. Ribboned appearance on quarter, darker veins on back. Possible presence of very hard white concretions; sometimes a darker tint surrounds them.

    Iroko

    1.001.10
  • Ebène

    Family: EBENACEAE
    Scientific names: DIOSPYROS CRASSIFLORA / MESPILIFORMIS
    Origin: CENTRAL AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    Reference color: black

    Sapwood: very distinct
    Grain: fine Grain
    : straight or interlocked
    Counter grain : light

    Logs can have different types of defects, including fine pitting and heart rots.
    The wood is uniform black to black brown.

    Ebène

    1.001.10
  • Doussié

    Name: AFZELIA
    Family: CAESALPINIACEAE
    Scientific names: AFZELIA AFRICANA / BELLA / BIPINDENSIS / PACHYLOBA
    Origin: WEST AFRICA – CENTRAL AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    Reference color: red brown

    Sapwood: quite distinct
    Grain: coarse Grain:
    straight or counter-grain
    Counter-grain: light

    Wood golden brown to pale red brown, sometimes dark veined. Pores and cracks filled with a yellow or white powder

    Doussié

    1.001.10
  • Dibetou

    Appellations : BIBOLO
    Famille : MELIACEAE
    Noms scientifiques : LOVOA TRICHILIOIDES / KLAINEANA
    Provenance : AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST – AFRIQUE CENTRALE

    DESCRIPTION DU BOIS

    Couleur référence : brun

    Aubier : bien distinct
    Grain : fin
    Fil : contre-fil
    Contre-fil : léger

    Roulures et cœur mou possibles dans certaines grumes.
    Bois brun jaune ou brun gris strié ou veiné de noir prenant un éclat doré. Dépôts noirs dans les pores.

    Dibetou

    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
  • Bete

    Appellations: MANSONIA
    Family: MALVACEAE
    Scientific names: MANSONIA ALTISSIMA
    Origin: WEST AFRICA

    WOOD DESCRIPTION

    Reference color:
    sapwood brown : very distinct
    Grain: fine Grain:
    straight
    Counter-grain: absent
    Yellowish brown to dark gray brown with purplish reflections. Veins more or less apparent.

    Bete

    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
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