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Ghana Hardwoods FOUND IN VOLTA LAKE

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Trade Name

Botanical Name

Weight kg/m3 (12-15% m/c) General Desription Common Uses Image

AfamParinari excelsa 900

Hard, heavy and strong for tough exterior use

Heavy duty structures, industrial floors, sleepers, mining timbers, boat construction

Albizia Albizia zygia 550General purpose red utility species

Joinery, veneer, plywood, selected furniture, carpentry, flooring, boat construction

AsanfinaAningeria spp. 550

Lower strength, decorative interior use

Sliced veneer, interior joinery, panelling and trip.

AvodireThurenthus africanus 550

Attractive, pale, silky wood for interior decorative panelling and furniture

High quality interior joinery, fittings, mouldings, furniture, decorative veneer and plywood

Black Hyedua

Guibourtia ehie 850

High quality cabiniet wood prized for apparence

Decorative sliced veneer, high quality cabinet work, special joinery, trim and fittings, flooring, carvings, turnery.




CeibaCeiba pentandra 300

Creamy white heartwood and sapwood.

Core veneers for plywood and blockboard, mouldings, food containters, boxes

Dahoma

Piptadeniastrum aftricanum 700

Tough timber used mostly for exterior applications

Exterior structural, mining timbers, marine work, sleepers, outdoor furniture, trailer decking

DantaNesogordonia papaverifera 750

Heavy attractive redwood. Fine Grained, hard wearing, strong.

High quality joinery, cabinet work, bench tops, boat components, decking, turnery.

DenyaCylicodiscus gabunensis 950

Very high strength and durability for arduous applications

Heavy construction, marine construction, dock work, bridges, pilings, ship and boat building, heavy duty flooring

EbonyDiospyros crassiflora 1030 Dark brown/black, hard

Fine instruments, crafts, furniture accents

Edinam

Entandrophragma angolense 550

Widely used attractive redwood species

Outdoor and indoor high quality joinery, cabinet making, furniture, floors, sliced/rotary veneer, boat-building, turnery




EmeriTerminalia ivorensis 550 at 12-15%

Light coloured versatile species of good strength and durability

Joinery, trim, mouldings, light structures, window frames, furniture, domestic flooring, veneer, plywood

CeltisCeltis mildbraedii 750

Strong light coloured with straight grain and fine texture.

Structural interior joinery, trim, flooring, mouldings, veneer, plywood, handles, furniture.

GuareaGuarea cedrata 600

Strong timber of Mahogany-like appearance

Cabinet work, furniture, flooring, boat construction, joinery, turnery, veneer.

Kaku/Ekki Lophira alata 1050One of Ghana's toughest and most durable species

Sea defence, heavy structural work, floors, piling.

KaneAnogeissus leiocarpus 1041

Strong, durable timber, resistent to decay.

Framing, hand tools, construction.

KonkromaMorinda lucida Benth. 500

Hard wood, attractive,open grained, well suited for custom applications

Gunstocks, instruments and other fine woodworking.

Koto/KyerePterygota macrocarpa 650

Light coloured veneer and interior speciec

Sliced and rotary veneer, plywood, select joinery, carpentry, boxes.




KusiaNauclea diderrichii 750

Widely used, highly durable exterior quality timber

Marine construction, dock work, decking, exterior structures, flooring, boat work.

MahoganyKhaya ivornsis 500

Attractive, versatile redwood of worldwide reputation

High quality joinery, cabinet work, furniture, mouldings, doors, frames, boat construction, veneer, plywood, turnery, carvings

MakoreTieghmella heckelii 640

Valued commercial redwood of good durability and strength

Interior and exterior decorative and structural joinery, furniture, staircases, boats, high quality veneers

Obaa/OhaaSterculia Oblonga 750

Pale yellowish wood of attractive appearance for interior use

Rotary veneer, sliced veneer, plywood, blockboard, joinery, trip, panneling.

Odum Milicia exels 650

Well known, high grade, commercial species; good strength and durability

Exterior and interior joinery, cabinet work, garden furniture, flooring, work tops, window frames, vats, boat work, decking




OframTerminalia superb 550

General purpose light coloured interior and veneer species

Rotary veneer, plywood, blockboard, interior joinery, panelling, moulding and trim, selected furniture

OtiePycnanthus angolensis 500

General purpose interior species

Interior utility joinery, trim, mouldings, selected furniture, rotary veneer, plywood, boxes

PapaoAzelia africana 825

Very stable, strong, durable, and attractive commercial species

High quality exterior and interior joinery, heavy construction, flooring, decking, selected furniture, boat work, doors

PotrodumErythrophleum africanum 900

Extremely strong and durable outdoor species

Heavy construction, marine construction, dock work, bridges, pilings, ship and boat building, heavy duty flooring

TetekonGilbertiodendron spp. 800

Medium strength species of varied application.

Joinery, Carpentry, Boat Construction, Decking, Flooring, General Construction.




WalnutLovoa trichilioides 520

High quality, decorative wood of distinctive colour

High quality furniture, cabinet work, joinery, domestic flooring, boat construction, doors and frames, sliced/rotary veneer, plywood

Watapuo Sterculia spp. 750Fairly soft; medium density

Boxes, crates, carvings, light construction, furniture, cabinetry

WawaTriplochiton scleroxylon 375

Light coloured versitile interior species, widely used

Rotary veneer, plywood, blockboard, interior joinery, panelling, moulding, Sauna selected furniture.

WawabimaSterculia rhinopetala 750

Dark red, close-grained species of good strength

Joinery, fititngs, flooring, selected exterior structures rotarty veneer, plywood.

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