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Ayous

Triplochiton scleroxylon

• Primary hardwood
• Not Durable

Ayous, traded internationally as Obeche, is Cameroon's highest-volume export timber. The wood is pale cream to straw-yellow, light...

320–450 kg/m³

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Sapele

Entandrophragma cylindricum

• Primary hardwood
• Moderately Durable

Sapele is a medium-density reddish-brown hardwood and one of Cameroon's flagship export species. Its interlocked grain produces th...

600–700 kg/m³

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Iroko

Milicia excelsa

• Primary hardwood
• Very Durable

Iroko is a durable golden-brown hardwood widely used as a teak substitute. It is naturally very resistant to decay and insect atta...

620–700 kg/m³

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Sipo

Entandrophragma utile

• Primary hardwood
• Durable to Moderately Durable

Sipo, traded as Utile, is a close relative of Sapele with a slightly coarser texture and a more uniform reddish-brown colour. The...

550–700 kg/m³

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Kosipo

Entandrophragma candollei

• Primary hardwood
• Moderately Durable

Kosipo is the darkest and heaviest of the commercial Entandrophragma species, with a purplish to chocolate-brown heartwood. The gr...

620–750 kg/m³

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Tiama

Entandrophragma angolense

• Primary hardwood
• Moderately Durable

Tiama is the lightest of the commercial Entandrophragma group, with a pale to medium reddish-brown heartwood and a fairly open tex...

480–620 kg/m³

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Tali

Erythrophleum ivorense

• Primary hardwood
• Very Durable

Tali is a very dense, very durable orange- to reddish-brown hardwood used wherever timber must survive ground contact, water or he...

850–1000 kg/m³

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Azobe

Lophira alata

• Primary hardwood
• Very Durable

Azobé, known in the trade as Ekki or Bongossi, is one of the heaviest and hardest African hardwoods. Its dark red-brown heartwood...

950–1150 kg/m³

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Padouk

Pterocarpus soyauxii

• Primary hardwood
• Very Durable

Padouk is instantly recognisable for its vivid orange-red freshly machined surface, which mellows to a warm purple-brown on exposu...

640–800 kg/m³

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Doussie

Afzelia bipindensis

• Primary hardwood
• Very Durable

Doussié is a stable, very durable reddish-brown hardwood widely used for windows, doors and exterior joinery in demanding climates...

700–850 kg/m³

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Pachyloba

Afzelia pachyloba

• Primary hardwood
• Very Durable

Pachyloba is traded alongside Doussié under the general Afzelia name and shares its key qualities: high natural durability, very s...

680–830 kg/m³

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Movingui

Distemonanthus benthamianus

• Primary hardwood
• Durable

Movingui is a lustrous yellow to yellow-brown hardwood, sometimes with an attractive mottled or wavy figure that earns it the name...

650–800 kg/m³

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