Acajou d'Afrique
Botanical name(s) :Khaya ivorensis, Khaya anthotheca
Family: MELIACEAE (angiosperm)
We provide world-class quality logs and timber supplies for buyers both large and small. Our Africa wood is especially known for its quality, strength, color and robustness. Iroko..... and many more are desired wood types for global artisans We also source logs and timber for construction and industrial uses.
Africa hosts some of the densest forests in the world. Africa forests have some of the most popular types of wood in the world. Wood varieties are known for their stringth, uniqueness, and diversity in figure and color. Africa's wide variety of wood includes over 100 unique species. Chose yours by strength, robustness, grain density, hardness, dampness, color e.t.c .... whatever your needs are.
Forest Reserves are areas of the forest set aside and protected from farming or other activities that would destroy the forest canopy. Commercial timber extraction is prohibited but limited targeted extraction is allowed. Some of the timber we provide is from forest reserves but complies with all of the ules for the forest-reserve timber extraction.
USES OF TROPICAL TIMBER
Outdoor equipment - recreation
• Exterior staircases and guard railing
• Single-level terraces and pool areas
• Elevated terraces, balconies and corridors
• Shelters, outdoor furniture and playgrounds
• Gates
• Visual barriers and windbreak panels, pergolas
USES OF TROPICAL TIMBER
Structures and panels
• Lightweight structures
• Glued laminated timber
• Finger joints
• Plywood, inside face and outside face
• Plywood, inner layers
• Sliced veneer
USES OF TROPICAL TIMBER
Exterior Joinery/Building facades
. Cladding and other exterior protection
. Windows and doors
. Screens and solar shading
. Shutters and blinds
USES OF TROPICAL TIMBER
Carpentary & Interior fittings
. Wooden floors and staircases
. Doors and door frames
. Mouldings and interior panelling and cladding
. Design features and furnishings
. Furniture and cabinetry