This paper introduces 12 kinds of most common wood imported from Africa, which are:

(1) noble green handle mulberry.

The English name is Chlorophora regiaA. Chev is commonly known as Huang Jinmu in Africa, and it is called Odem); In Ghana and C? te d 'Ivoire. Sierra Leone and Liberia call it Irolo or Semli；; Nigeria calls it Rokko and Oroko；; Cameroonians call it Abang and Mangi; ; Zaire called it cambara; ; Angola calls it Merila; ; East Africa calls it Mvule.

Noble mulberry with green stems is a kind of porous wood; The sapwood is yellow and white, 5 cm wide. The new section of heartwood is yellow or light brown, and turns golden brown after long-term exposure in the air, but the heartwood is slightly different. Growth rings are not obvious; The wood is shiny and has no special smell; It has good corrosion resistance and should not be harmed by bark beetles; The shrinkage rate of wood drying is moderate, and the shrinkage rate of log drying in furnace is 2. 1-4。 0%; Chord direction 3. 6-6。 5%; The wood grain is inclined or staggered, and the structure is slightly thin and uniform; In wood cracks and grooves caused by mechanical damage, calcium carbonate precipitates (called stones); The weight of wood is medium, and the average air-dried density is about 0. 66g/cm3； Wood strength and various force pool indicators are good.

(2) Burmese eggplant

Bai Ying's English name is "Afzelia africana Smith", and Ghana calls it Doussie, Papo and Kukpalik. Nigeria calls it Apa and Alinga；; C? te d 'Ivoire calls it Azodau and Lingue；; Mozambique calls it Shanfta and Musacos; ; Tansambik called it Mbembakofi, Mkora；; Cameroon called it m' bangalingu and Liberia called it Afzelia; ; Zaire called it Bolenug；; Congo called him Nkokongo.

Kandelia candel can be used as some important construction wood, especially for port and wharf buildings and bridges. Beautiful patterns can be used to make furniture and decorative boards.

Wood properties: wood is porous; The sapwood is yellowish white, 5cm wide, and the heartwood is reddish brown with spots, which is obviously different from sapwood. The growth rings are slightly obvious; The wood is shiny and has no special smell; Texture aliasing; Thin and uniform structure; Strong wear resistance, very moth-resistant; Drying shrinkage, log drying shrinkage to furnace 4. 4%, radial 3.0%; Wood is hard and heavy, and its air-dried density is about 0.83g/cm3；. . Wood is relatively stable and has high strength.

(3) Angola rosewood

The English name of Angola rosewood is "Pterocarpus angolensis D". C ",also known as" African rosewood ",Muniga is called Muniga (Girassonde); Mozambique calls it ambila; ; Zambia and Zimbabwe call it Mukwa and Muninga; ; Kiaat and South Africa call it KajatKajaatenhout；; Tanzania called him Mninga.

Angola rosewood is often used in high-grade furniture and musical instruments, joinery products, decorative materials, high-grade floors, carved products and so on. This kind of wood is a semi-circular porous to loose porous material with a width of 3-5cm. The sapwood is light gray or yellow, and the color of heartwood varies greatly, from brown to purplish brown, sometimes with dark stripes, which is obviously different from sapwood. The growth rings are slightly obvious: the wood is shiny and has a weak aroma; Textures until slightly staggered; The structure is slightly uniform; Mildly corrosion-resistant, ant-resistant and marine wood-boring animals; Dry shrinkage; The weight of wood is medium, and the air-dried density is about 0.64 g/cm3. The strength and mechanical properties of wood are average.

(4) White pear Chailongshu

The English name "Apodytes dimidiana E.Mey" of white pear Chailongshu, commonly known as Swiss Pearwood, belongs to a kind of flower pear, and the commonly used nonstandard names are Mugonyone, White paer or pearwood.

White pear Chailong tree can only be used to make indoor appliances after antiseptic treatment, otherwise it should not be used. The boundary between sapwood and heartwood is not obvious. The color of logs varies from light white to yellowish brown, mainly pink, and turns into light grayish brown under the action of air. The wood grain is straight, thin and uniform in structure; More wear-resistant; The material is hard and heavy, and the air-dry density is about 0.72 g/cm3. Moderate mechanical index and low load impact strength.

5] Teshi Guyi Sumu

Teigusumu's English name "Guibourtia tessmanii J.Leonard" is also known as Akume, commonly known as Bahua, commonly known as Bubinga, Red Walnut and Gabonese Olive, and Cameroon is called Essien Gang; ; Gabon calls it Kevazingo；; Zaire called it Waka; ; Equatorial Guinea calls it 0veng.

The stripes and staggered textures of Ogman wood itself constitute a special beautiful pattern, so it has high decorative value. It is an ideal wood for veneer, plywood, joinery board, furniture wood, wood mold, packaging box, light components, musical instruments and other industries.

Huang Mu, an ancient barbarian, is a porous material; The sapwood is milky white, 5-7cm wide, and the heartwood is reddish brown with dark stripes, which is obviously different from the sapwood. The growth rings are slightly obvious; The wood is shiny and has no special smell; The structure is thin and uniform, and the texture addresses are slightly staggered; The drying shrinkage is large, and the drying shrinkage from raw materials to furnace is 5. 3%, chordwise 7. 8%; Wood is rot-resistant, but sapwood is often harmed by bacteria and insects; Wood is hard and heavy, and the average air-drying density is about 0. 89-0。 9 1g/cm3； Wood has high strength and mechanical properties, especially its transverse tensile strength.

(6) Temujin and Otshanlan in Congo

Temujin and Otshanlan in Congo are also called "Congo Aobao A. Chev". The commonly used nonstandard names are Mukulungu and Moabi, and the Nigerian name is Djave. Cameroon calls it Elang and Elanzok；; Congo calls it Mfua；; Angola called it Kungulu; ; Zaire called him Kabungu and Kondo-Fino.

Congo Tiemu and Aoteshanlan are porous wood; Commonly used in heavy buildings, bridges, sleepers, poles and other purposes, sapwood light gray; 2-3 cm in width; Heartwood is light brown or reddish brown, which is usually obviously different from sapwood; Growth rings are not obvious; Wood has a weak luster and no special smell; Wood has strong wear resistance, strong acid resistance and ant resistance, flat and slightly staggered texture and fine structure; The drying shrinkage of wood is large, and the tangential drying shrinkage is 7.4% and the radial drying shrinkage is 5.8% when the log is dried in the furnace. The wood is hard and air-dried 0.88-0.99g/cm3; High toughness, high strength, bending strength and load impact strength.

Once used neem tree

The English name of Azadirachta cylindrium Sprague, commonly known as Aapele, is called Sapelewood and Ubilesan in Nigeria. Cameroonian called it Sapelli; ; Gabon calls it Assi and Dilolo; ; Zaire called it Libuyu and Bobwe; ; Ghana calls it Pendwa；; Uganda called him Muyoveu.

Tubular neem is a kind of porous wood and a high-grade African wood. Mainly used for making high-grade decorative materials, high-grade furniture and floors, and high-grade joinery products. The sapwood is light yellow; The width is 7- 10cm, and the new section of heartwood is pink, which turns reddish brown after a long time, and the difference between heartwood and sapwood is obvious; Growth rings are not obvious; The wood is shiny, and the new section has cedar flavor; Wood grains are staggered, and there are black stripes or plum patterns on the radial section; Thin and uniform structure; The drying shrinkage of wood is large, 4.6% in radial direction; Chordata 7.4%; Wood is rot-resistant, but sapwood is vulnerable to bark beetles; The wood is hard and medium in weight, and its air-dried density is about 0.67 g/cm3. Wood has high strength and various mechanical indexes.

Become a monkey's fruit

Monkey fruit, English name "Tieghemella heckelii pierre", commonly known as Makore, called Aganokwa in Nigeria; Ghana calls it Baku, Abaco and Ai Du Mo; ; C? te d 'Ivoire calls it Makorou and Dumori；; Gabon calls them Doukd and Okola.

Monkey fruit is widely used, such as building materials, floors, furniture, joinery, precision instruments, interior decoration, carving crafts, toys and so on. It is a kind of porous wood, the sapwood is light in color, 5-6cm wide, the heartwood is reddish brown, and the difference between heartwood and sapwood is not obvious; Growth rings are not obvious; Wood has strong luster and no special smell; The texture is straight, some of them have staggered textures, and the structure is thin and uniform; The wood has high drying shrinkage and good stability; The material is hard and heavy, and the air-dry density is 0.62-0.72g/cm3; Wood is extremely durable, resistant to termites and occasionally turns blue; Wood has strong toughness, strength and various mechanical properties.

Stuya Doumu

Sturya's English name "Millettia stuhlmannii Taub" is commonly known as African wingwood, and the other two names are Panga-panga and jam bire/partridwood/MP ande.

Sturya bean wood has a small diameter and is mainly used for heavy buildings, heavy floors, high-grade furniture and decorative materials, pianos, violins, plywood, precision instruments, sculptures and other purposes. It is a porous material. The sapwood is light yellow with a width of 2. 5-7。 5cm heartwood is dark chocolate or dark brown with white ribbon; The difference between heartwood and sapwood is obvious, especially in growth ring. There is a special quail feather pattern on the wood; Wood is generally straight and medium in texture, with uniform structure and no special smell; Very resistant to corruption; It has natural resistance to fungal rot and termite rot; Rich in dark gum; The material is hard and heavy, and the air-dry density is 0. 80-0。 9 1g/cm3； Wood is highly wear-resistant, dry-shrinkage and medium strength.

⑽ West African balsam tree

Copaifera salilounda Heck, the English name of West African balsam tree, is called etomoe); By Liberia and Diva. Gabon calls them Olumi, Anzem and Andem-Ewan; ; Ghana calls it Ohwendua and Entedua；; Sierra Leone called it Buini and Gumcoal；; Nigeria calls it Ovblaleke；; Zaire called it Bofilelle.

West African balsam trees have narrow uses and are generally only used for building components and interior decoration. Belonging to porous wood. The sapwood is light in color, with a width of 6- 10cm, and the heartwood is reddish brown with dark stripes, which is obviously different from the sapwood. The growth rings are slightly obvious; The wood is shiny and has no special smell; The drying shrinkage is large, and the radial drying shrinkage of logs to the furnace is 4. 5%, chord direction is 7. 5%; The wood grain is slightly staggered, and the structure is very thin and uniform; The corrosion resistance and ant resistance of wood are average; Wood is heavy, and its air-dry density is about 0.7. 8g/cm3； Good strength and mechanical properties.

⑾ Nisoton poppy

The English name of Nipponia Papaverifera is "Nesogordonia papaverifera R", commonly known as Danta, which is called 0 voue in Cameroon and 0 Tu Tu in Nigeria; Ivory Coast calls it Kotibe；; Gabon calls it Olborbora；; Zaire called it Tania.

Water lily poppy is a very practical wood, which is widely used in building durable components, indoor and outdoor decoration, furniture, floor, food, packaging boxes, tool handles, carving crafts and so on. Nepenthes poppy is a porous material; The sapwood is light brown, 5-7cm wide, and the heartwood is reddish brown, with obvious differences between the heart and the side; Growth rings are not obvious; The wood is shiny and has no special smell; The wood structure is fine and uniform, the texture is staggered, and the cross sections are mottled; Corrosion resistance, termite resistance, but easy to be eroded by marine wood-eating animals; Wood shrinks greatly; The material is hard and heavy, and the air-drying density is 0.76-0.80g/cm3; Wood has mechanical properties such as toughness and high strength, but its load impact strength is low.

⑿ Dalka Zhan

The English name of cajanus cajan is Pericopsis elata Van Meeuwen, commonly known as Africa, African teak and red bean pomelo. France and Ivory Coast call it Asa meal; ; Cameroon calls it Ezen; ; Ghana calls it Kokrodua and Awawai；; Gabon calls it Aubon; ; Zaire and the Netherlands call them Ole, Ba-Halla and Mohole; ; Nigeria calls it Ayin.

Pigeonpea can replace teak to make wood products, which has high strength, strong stability and good insect resistance. It is a porous material. The sapwood is narrow, the width is 1.5-2.5cm, and the heartwood is yellowish brown to dark brown, which is obviously different from sapwood. Growth rings are not obvious; The wood is shiny and has no special smell; The texture is slightly oblique to staggered, and the structure is very thin and uniform; Wood has high durability and is not easy to rot and insect pests; The drying shrinkage is large, and the radial drying shrinkage is 3.0% and the tangential drying shrinkage is 6.4% when the furnace is dry. Wood is slightly heavier, with air-dried density of 0.70-0.86g/cm3; Wood has high strength and various mechanical indexes.