• 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
  • 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
  • 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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