• 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
  • Ebiara

    Appellation : BERLINIA
    Famille : CAESALPINACEAE
    Noms scientifiques : BERLINIA BRACTEOSA / CONFUSA / GRANDIFLORA
    Provenance : AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST – AFRIQUE CENTRALE

    DESCRIPTION DU BOIS

    Couleur référence : brun rosâtre

    Aubier : bien distinct
    Grain : moyen
    Fil : droit ou contre-fil
    Contre-fil : léger

    Présence de veines violettes ou brun sombre. Canaux de résine fréquents.

    Ebiara

    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
  • 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
  • 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
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