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OUR LIST OF HARDWOOD
| Local / Trade Name(s) |
Scientific Name |
Uses |
| RedApa /Doussie` |
Afzelia africana |
Top quality exterior joinery,
heavy traffic flooring, naval and heavy construction |
| African Ebony |
Diospyros |
Parts
of musical instrument, handles for cutlery and tools, brush backs,
carvings, turnery , inlaid work |
| African Padauk |
Pterocarpus
Soyauxii |
Fine
joinery, fancy turnery, carvings, floorings, decorative veneer, tool and
knife handles. |
| Albizia |
Albizia ferruginea |
Exterior
joinery and coach building |
| Antiaris / Kyenkyen |
Antiaris africana |
Light construction, Veneer, plywood,
furniture, joinery, boxes and crates |
| Afara / Ofram / Limba |
Terminalia superba |
Plywood, interior joinery |
| Alstonia |
Alstonia |
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| Berlinia |
Berlinia |
Heavy construction,
furniture cabinetwork, decorative veneers, paneling. Often suggested as an
oak substitute. |
| Bombax / Ceiba |
Ceiba pentandra |
Plywood, blackboard, furniture boxes and
crates |
| Cordia |
Cordia
platythyrsa |
Exterior cladding, furniture, joinery |
| Celtis / Ohia |
Celtis |
Furniture, cabinets, carving and
veneer |
| Danta |
Nesogordonia papaverifera |
Furniture, turnery, flooring, tool handles,
coach building, joinery and cabinet |
| Ekhimi / Dahoma |
Piptadeniastrum africanum |
Heavy construction, wharf decking,
flooring, exterior joinery and
sleepers |
| Iroko / Odum / Mvule |
Chlorophora
excelsa |
Exterior
and interior joinery, flooring, sleepers, boat building and construction |
| Koto |
Pterygota bequaertii |
Veneer, interior joinery, furniture |
| Mansonia |
Mansonia altissima |
Top class quality joinery, interior
fittings and furniture |
| Mahogany |
Khaya ivorensis |
Top class for Plywood,
interior and exterior joinery, indoors and outdoors, from boat
to furniture building veneering and joinery . |
| Obeche
/ Wawa / Ayous |
Triplochiton
scleroxylon |
Kitchen furniture, mouldings, hidden
work, Light
joinery,plywood, veneers, boxes and crates |
| Okwen |
Brachystegia laurentii |
Flooring, veneer, general construction,
joinery. |
| Opepe / Kussia / Bilinga |
Nauclea diderrichii |
Exterior
joinery, railway sleepers, heavy construction, marine defence, sleepers,
flooring |
| Sterculia, red |
Sterculia rhinopetala |
Interior
joinery, Light construction work boxes and crates. |
| Mansonia / Bete /Ofun / African black
walnut |
Mansonia Altissima |
High class joinery and
furniture |
| Teak |
Tectona grandis |
High quality furniture, joinery, garden
furniture |
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