Wood and Timber Products

Tali Wood (Erythrophleum suaveolens), sapwood is distinctive in the whitish to pinkish-white color, the heartwood is yellowish-brown to reddish-brown.

Origin : Cameroon, Gabon, Central Africa

Bilinga Wood (Nauclea diderrichii), The sapwood has an interlocking grain. The heartwood is a distinctive uniform golden-yellow or orange-brown colour

Origin :  Liberia, Ghana, Cameroon

Padouk Wood (Pterocarpus soyauxii) The sapwood is of an oatmeal colour, wide, the heartwood varies from blood red to dark brown with red streaks.

Origin : Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire

Sapele Wood (Entandrophragma cylindricum) The sapwood is pale yellow or whitish, the heartwood pinkish when freshly cut, darkening to typical mahogany colour of reddish-brown.

Origin : Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana

Ayous Wood (Triplochiton scleroxylon) is a non-durable hardwood with a pale straw colour. It is suitable for mouldings and furniture capable of producing an excellent finish

Origin : Cameroon, Ghana, Gabon

Movingui Wood (Distemonanthus benthamianus) The wood is lemon-yellow to yellow-brown, it has beautiful deep & golden yellow colors. It is also known as Nigerian Satinwood or Ayan wood.

Origin : Cameroon, Congo, Gabon

Niove Wood (Staudtia kamerunensis) is a straight grained, fine textured wood containing color ranging from orangy-yellow to brown with darker veins and clearly demarcated sapwood.

Origin : Congo, Cameroon, Gabon

Basralocus Wood (Dicorynia guianensis) The heartwood is golden, rust or purple brown, usually with a brown red glow, sapwood which is light grey when fresh.

Origin : Suriname

Purpleheart Wood (Peltogyne) The heartwood has directly after moulding a pale brown colour, which quickly changes to purple after exposure. In time it darkens to dark brown with light.

Origin : Suriname

Wenge Wood (Millettia laurentii, Millettia stuhlmannii) Sapwood whitish, heartwood dark brown with fine, close blackish veining, giving the wood a handsome appearance.

Origin : Cameroon, Gabon, Congo DRC

Zingana Wood (Microberlinia bisulcata) The heartwood is a light golden-yellow with narrow veining streaks of dark brown to almost black, giving the quartered surfaces a zebra-stripe appearance.

Origin : Cameroon, Gabon

Frake Wood (Terminalia superba) The heartwood is grey to pale yellow or pinkish white, darkening to pale reddish brown, occasionally with a nearly black inner part. The grain is straight or interlocked.

Origin : Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana

Iroko Wood (Chlorophora excelsa) the heartwood is a distinct yellow colour, but on exposure to light it quickly becomes golden-brown

Origin : Cameroon, Ghana

Kosipo Wood (Entandrophragma candollei) The wood is red brown with purplish glints. It darkens with light.

Origin : Cameroon, Ghana, Congo

Moabi Wood (Baillonella toxisperma) The wood is pink brown to red brown more or less dark and finely veined.

Origin : Cameroon, Gabon, Congo

Sipo Wood (Entandrophragma utile) The heartwood and sapwood are distinct; the heartwood is pale pink when freshly cut, darkening on exposure to reddish-brown. The wood has a faint cedar-like smell.

Origin : Cameroon, Gabon, Liberia

Mahogany Wood (Swietenia macrophylla) This is a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species.  It is commercially important for its beauty, durability, and color.

Origin : South America

Limbali Wood (Gilbertiodendron dewevrei) has a uniform pale red-brown color, often with a green or coppery glow. The sapwood has yellowish white to light pink-brown color while the heartwood.

Origin : Cameroon, Congo