Lumber Products

 

African Mahogany (Khaya ivorensis)

 

Typical red-brown heartwood. Mild easily worked timber providing good attractive finishes. A wood of great versatility.
Weight: 500kg/m3 at 12-14% MC
Strength: 9-11000 N/mm2
Available as: Sliced Veneer, Lumber

 
 

Asanfena (Aningeria spp)

 

Heartwood and sapwood red brown to pink. Lower strength decorative interior specie. Similar wood as the European cherry.
Weight: 550kg/m3 at 12-15%MC
Strength: 9-11000 N/mm2
Available as: Sliced Veneer, Lumber

 

Avodire (Turreanthus africanus)

 

Cream coloured heartwood and sapwood with attractive lustre. Fine grained, mostly interlocked or wavy. A very stable timber.
Weight: 550kg/m3 at 12-15%MC
Available as: Sliced Veneer, Lumber

 

Ayan (Distemonanthus benthamianus)

 

Heartwood distinctive yellow, sapwood paler. Interlock grain. Fine even texture. Very stable.
Weight: 700kg/m3 at 12-15%MC
Strength: 11-14000 N/mm2
Available as: Sliced Veneer, Lumber

 

Bongossi / Ekki / Iron Wood (Lophira alata)

 

Dark chocolate brown heartwood. Sapwood pale. Coarse texture. Very hard and extreme heavy. Resistance to marine borers. Acid resistant. One of Ghana’s toughest and most durable species.
Weight: 1050kg/m3 at 12-15%MC
Strength: 19000 + N/mm2
Available as: Lumber

 

Bombax (Bombax brevicuspe)

 

Pale pinkish-borwn, light and soft species for interior use. Low strength, dires quickly.
Weight: 450kg/m3 at 12-15%MC
Available as: Rotary

 

Dahoma (Piptadenia africana)

 

Yellowish brown streaky heartwood. Sapwood pale. For some commercial purposes regarded as an alternative to Iroko. A useful outdoor timber.
Weight: 700kg/m3 at 12-15%MC
Strength: 14-19000 N/mm2
Available as: Sliced Veneer, Lumber

 

Danta (Nesogordonia papaverifera)

 

Attractive Mahogany red heartwood. Sapwood lighter. Fine grain mostly interlocked. Reasonable bending qualities.
Weight: 750kg/m3 at 12-15%MC
Strength: 14-19000 N/mm2
Available as: Lumber

 

Denya / African Teak (Cylicodiscus gabunensis)

 

Distinctive yellowish-red heartwood. Sapwood pale. A hard and heavy species of high natural durability including resistance to marine borers.
Weight: 950kg/m3 at 12-15%MC
Strength: 19000 + N/mm2
Available as: Lumber

 
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