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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Moabi

Baillonella toxisperma

Primary hardwood
Durable

Moabi is a fine-textured, durable pinkish- to reddish-brown hardwood from one of the largest trees of the Cameroonian forest. Its...

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Wenge

Millettia laurentii

Specialty wood
Very Durable

Wengé is a very dark chocolate-brown to near-black hardwood marked by fine, close black lines that give it its unmistakable stripe...

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Okoume

Aucoumea klaineana

Primary hardwood
Slightly to Not Durable

Okoumé is a light salmon-pink hardwood that peels exceptionally well and is the world's principal plywood species, including the m...

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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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