How long does Terminalia Ivorensis take to grow?
Trials demonstrated that under suitable growing conditions and proper management Terminalia ivorensis plantations are capable to produce trees with 60 cm bole diameter in 30 years.
What is the common name for Terminalia ivorensis?
Black Afara
Terminalia ivorensis. Other Common Names: Black Afara, Idigbo (Nigeria), Emeri (Ghana), Framire (Ivory Coast). Distribution: West tropical Africa from Guinea to Cameroon, abundant in primary and secondary forests and transition formations. A successful plantation species.
What is the common name of Terminalia Superba?
Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, or afara (UK), korina (US), frake (Africa), African limba wood, ofram (Ghana), is a large tree in the family Combretaceae, native to tropical western Africa.
What is the botanical name of Black afara?
Terminalia ivorensis
Terminalia ivorensis/Scientific names
What is the botanical name of iroko tree?
Milicia excelsa
Milicia excelsa/Scientific names
What is the botanical name of teak?
Tectona grandis
Teak/Scientific names
teak, (genus Tectona grandis), large deciduous tree of the family Verbenaceae, or its wood, one of the most valuable timbers.
Is Idigbo a hardwood?
Imported from West Africa as FAS grade PHND (Pin hole no defect), Idigbo Timber is a yellow-brown hardwood that is often used for joinery, windows or doors, and interior fittings. It is both light and relatively durable, this wood is often used as a less expensive alternative to oak.
Where does Black Limba wood come from?
Origin: Limba grows in savannah and rain forests all over west Africa from Sierra Leone to Angola and the Congo. Other common names: Korina, afara, ofram, akom, frake.
What is the botanical name for mahogany?
Swietenia
Swietenia/Scientific names
Is Iroko stronger than oak?
European oak has an impressive dry density of 675kg/m³, compared with 660kg/m³ for iroko — both are exceptionally strong, scratch-resistant and stable species.
Can iroko tree be planted?
Berg. Moraceae is an important economic tree species in West Africa. It is a highly valued commercial timber in African timber market known as iroko. excelsa, there is little of no propagation of this plant and the regeneration from the wild cannot commensurate the demand for Milicia timber in Africa.