Family : MELIACEAE (angiosperme)
Scientific name(s) : Entandrophragma cylindricum

Description of the log 

• Diameter : de 70 à 120 cm
• Thickness of sapwood : de 4 à 8 cm
• Buoyancy : flottable

Physical properties

• Density : 0.69
• Monnin hardness : 4.2
• Coeff. Voluminal withdrawal : 0.47%
• Total tangential withdrawal : 7.2%
• Total radial withdrawal : 5%
• Not saturation of fibres : 29%

Uses

• Light frame
• Staircases (inside)
• Face or against plywood face
• Skirting
• Furniture of luxury
• Parquet floor 
• Interior of plywood
• Current furniture
• Menuiserie intérieur and external
• Clear-cut plating
• Naval construction (bordered and bridge)