TRADE NAME WENGE SCIENTIFIC NAME Millettia laurentii De Wild. FAMILY Fabaceae REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION Central Africa Camerron : AWOUNG Congo : WENGE Zaire : WENGE Mozambique : JAMBIRE Tanzania : MPANDE France, W. Germany, Great-Britain : WENGE, PANGA-PANGA * Corresponds to a close species : Millettia stuhlmanii, with different physical characteristics Pr. = REGUL. Ex. = LOW SAPWOOD Clearly demarcated, whitish HEARTWOOD […]
TRADE NAME TIAMA SCIENTIFIC NAME Entandrophragma angolense C.D. C. E. congoense A. Chev. FAMILY Meliaceae REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION West Africa – Central Africa – East Africa Ivory Coast :TIAMA Ghana : EDINAM Nigeria : GEDU-NOHOR Equat. Guinea : DONGOMANGUILA Gabon : ABEUBEGNE Congo : KILUKA Angola : LIVUITE, ACUMINATA* Zaire : LIFAKI, VOVO Uganda : MUKUSU W. Germany : TIAMA-MAHAGONI, ACUMINATA Great-Britain : GEDU-NOHOR *E. congoense […]
TRADE NAME TALI (MISSANDA) SCIENTIFIC NAME Erythrophleum ivorense A. Chev. Erythrophleum suaveolens Brenan FAMILY Caesalpiniaceae REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION West Africa – Central Africa – East Africa* Ivory Coast : ALUI, TALI Senegal : TALI Sierra Leone : GOGBEI Guinea Bissau : MANCONE Ghana : POTRODOM Nigeria : ERUN, SASSWOOD Cameroon : ELONE Gabon : ELOUN Equat. Guinea : ELONDO Congo : N’ KASSA Zaire : KASSA […]
TRADE NAME SIPO SCIENTIFIC NAME Entandrophragma utile Sprague FAMILY Meliaceae REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION West Africa – Central Africa – East Africa Ivory Coast : SIPO Ghana, Nigeria : UTILE Cameroon : ASSENG-ASSIE Equat. Guinea : ABEBAY Gabon : ASSI Zaire : LIBOYOI Angola : KALUNGI Uganda : MUFUMBI Great Britain : UTILE W. Germany : SIPO-MAHAGONI Pr. = VERY IMP. (decreasing) Ex. = IMP., REGUL. […]
TRADE NAME SAPELLI SCIENTIFIC NAME Entandrophragma cylindricum Sprague FAMILY Meliaceae REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION West Africa – Central Africa – East Africa Ivory Coast : ABOUDIKRO Ghana : PENKWA Nigeria : SAPELE Cameroon : ASSIE – SAPELLI Centrafrica : M’BOYO Zaire : LIFAKI Angola : UNDIANUNO Congo : UNDIANUNO Uganda : MUYOVU Great Britain : SAPELE W. Germany : SAPELLI – MAHAGONI Pr. = IMP. Ex. = […]
TRADE NAME PAO ROSA SCIENTIFIC NAME Swartzia fistuloides Harms FAMILY Caesalpiniceae REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION West Africa – Central Africa – East Africa Ivory Coast : BOTO Gabon : OKEN Centrafrica : N’GUESSA Congo : KISASAMBA Zaire : NSAKALA Mozambique : PAU FERRO Pr. = LIMITED Ex. = LOW SAPWOOD Demarcated, yellowish white, sometimes very thick HEARTWOOD Colour : Pink brown, striped with red […]
TRADE NAME PADOUK D’AFRIQUE SCIENTIFIC NAME Pterocarpus soyauxii Taub P. osun Craib. P. tinctorius Welw. FAMILY Fabaceae REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION Central Africa Nigeria : OSUN Equat. Guinea : PALO ROJO Cameroon : MBEL Gabon : MBEL Congo : KISESE Zaire : N’GULA, MUKULA, MONGOLA Angola : TACULA Belgium :CORAIL W. Germany : PADAUK Great Britain : PADAUK, AFRICAN PADAUK, CAMWOOD, BARWOOD Netherlands : PADOEK Italy : […]
TRADE NAME OVENGKOL (AMAZAKOUE) SCIENTIFIC NAME Guibourtia ehie J. Leonard FAMILY Caesalpiniaceae REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION West Africa – Central Africa Ivory Coast : AMAZAKOUE Ghana : HYEDUANINI, ANOKYE Gabon : OVENGKOL Equat. Guinea : PALISSANDRO U.S.A. : MOZAMBIQUE Pr. = OCC. Ex. = OCC. SAPWOOD Greyish white, clearly demarcated, sometimes thick HEARTWOOD Colour : Yellow brown to dark brown, with grey or dark […]
TRADE NAME OKOUME SCIENTIFIC NAME Aucoumea klaineana Pierre FAMILY Burseraceae REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION Central Africa Equat. Guinea : OKUME, N’GOUMI Gabon : OKOUME, ANGOUMA Congo : N’KUMI Great Britain : GABOON (OKAKA/AZOUGA = deep splines on logs) Pr. = REGUL., IMP. Ex. = VEDRY IMP. SAPWOOD Demarcated, freyish white, narrow. HEARTWOOD Colour : Salmon-pink to dark-pink, darkening on exposure Grain : Slightly interlocked […]
TRADE NAME OKAN SCIENTIFIC NAME Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms FAMILY Mimosaceae REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION West Africa – Central Africa Ivory Coast : BOUEMON Ghana : BENYA, ADADUA Nigeria : OKAN Cameroon : ADOUM, BOKOKA, AFRICAN GREENHEART Gabon : EDOUM, ODUMA Congo : N’ DUMA Pr. = NERL. (large possibilities) Ex. = OCC. SAPWOOD Clearly demarcated, greyish pink, 5 cm HEARTWOOD Colour : Yellow-brown to […]