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

Description of the log 

• Diameter : de 60 à 120 cm
• Thickness of sapwood : de 2 à 6 cm
• Buoyancy : flottable

Physical properties

• Density : 0.62
• Monnin hardness : 3
• Coeff. Voluminal withdrawal : 0.42%
• Total tangential withdrawal : 6.4%
• Total radial withdrawal : 4.6%
• Not saturation of fibres : 30%

Uses

• Frame 
• Staircases (inside)
• Face or against plywood face
• Skirting
• Furniture of luxury
• Parquet floor 
• Current furniture
• Menuiserie intérieur and external
• Clear-cut plating
• Moulding
• Light boats
• Lamellate-stuck
• Travelling shutters