Family : FABACEAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE (angiosperme)

Scientific name(s) : Afzelia africana, Afzelia bella, Afzelia bipindensis, Afzelia pachyloba

Description of the log 

• • • Diameter : de 60 à 90 cm
    • Thickness of sapwood : de 2 à 5 cm
    • Buoyancy : non flottable

Physical properties

• • • Density : 0.80
    • Monnin hardness : 7.7
    • Coeff. Voluminal withdrawal : 0.44%
    • Total tangential withdrawal : 4.4%
    • Total radial withdrawal : 3%
    • Not saturation of fibres : 19%

Uses

• • Naval construction (frame)
  • Exterior wood finishing
  • Staircases (inside)
  • Bridges (parts not in contact with the ground or ’water)
  • Coating external
  • Current furniture
  • Parquet floor (heavy or industrial)
  • Framework
  • Clear-cut plating
  • Naval construction (bordered and bridge)
  • Interior wood finishing
  • Parquet floor
  • Skirting
  • Furniture of luxury
  • Cooperage-fermenting room
  • Heavy frame
  • Shingles
  • Hydraulic work (out of fresh’water)