CEMAC Wood Traders
Yaoundé, Centre Region
Iroko, Padouk, Bilinga
- 89%
- Response Rate
- 6 Yrs
- Experience
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Bilinga
Nauclea diderrichii
- Primary hardwood
Bilinga, traded as Opepe, is a golden-yellow to orange-brown hardwood with high natural durability and good resistance to marine borers. It is a standard timber for harbour and hydraulic works, bridge components, sleepers and heavy exterior joinery. The interlocked grain gives a striped figure on quartered faces, and the wood is moderately hard to work.
Classification
- Commercial category
- Primary / Principal Hardwood
- Botanical family
- Rubiaceae
- Density (air-dry)
- 700–800 kg/m³
- Durability class
- Class 1 (Very Durable)
- Janka hardness
- 6,500 N
- Trade names
- Opepe, Aloma, Badi, Kusia
- Local names
- Bilinga, Akondoc
- Regions harvested
- South, East, Centre, South-West
Commercial category is a market grouping used in the timber trade. It is not a regulatory or legal classification.
EUDR risk assessment
EU Deforestation Regulation risk for Bilinga is not yet assessed on this platform — consult current EU Deforestation Regulation guidance directly.
Properties
- Grain
- Interlocked
- Colour
- Golden yellow to orange-brown
- Texture
- Medium to coarse
- Durability
- Good resistance to marine borers
Typical uses
- Harbour and hydraulic works
- Bridges and heavy construction
- Railway sleepers
- Exterior joinery and decking
- Flooring
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