Family : FABACEAE- CAESALPINIOIDEAE (angiosperme)

Scientific name(s) : Berlinia bracteosa, Berlinia confusa, Berlinia grandiflora

 Description of the log 

• Diameter : de 60 à 90 cm
• Thickness of sapwood : de 10 à 15 cm
• Buoyancy : non flottable

Physical properties

• Density : 0.70
• Monnin hardness : 4
• Coeff. Voluminal withdrawal : 0.53%
• Total tangential withdrawal : 7.8%
• Total radial withdrawal : 3.8%
• Not saturation of fibres : 28%

Uses

• Clear-cut plating
• Interior wood finishing and external
• Current furniture
• Turned articles
• Staircases (inside)
• Tablettery
• Face et contre face de contreplaqué
• Skirting
• Furniture of luxury
• Parquet floor
• Formwork
• Light frame