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)