Family : MELIACEAE (angiosperme)

Nom scientifique : Entandrophragma candollei

Description of the log 

• Diameter : de 60 à 150 cm
• Thickness of sapwood : de 4 à 8 cm
• Buoyancy : non flottable

Physical properties

• Density : 0.69
• Monnin hardness : 3.3
• Coeff. Voluminal withdrawal : 0.42%
• Total tangential withdrawal : 6.7%
• Total radial withdrawal : 4.8%
• Not saturation of fibres : 32%

Uses

• Clear-cut plating
• Interior wood finishing and external
• Current furniture
• Face et contre face de contreplaqué
• Skirting
• Parquet floor
• Furniture of luxury
• Staircases (inside)
• Lamellate-stuck
• Interior of plywood
• Frame
• Coating external
• Shingles