1. Name: Azobe Logs and Sawn Timber
2. Size: Customer according
3. Type: Other Timber
4. Color: Natural
5. Character: Durable

We Trade African Logs, Rare Logs with CITES permit. Agent of wood and timber supply, fishery concession, timber or forest concession.

We supply round logs and sawn timber from Central & West Africa region to various countries mainly; France, U.S.A,Spain, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, Germany, China, India, Thailand, Philippine and Malaysia and Vietnam.

AZOBE Timber

FAMILY: Ochnaceae
OTHER NAMES:
A koura, Aba, African oak, Akoga, Akogka, Akogo, Akpakpla, Asore, Azobe, Bakundu, Bankile, Belengbe, Bokoka, Bongossi, Bonkole, Eba, Ebba, Ekki, Eleba, Endui, Endwi, Enwan, Esire, Esore, Faboy, Gue, Hendui, Ipawhaw, Ironpost, K'deng, Kaku, Kekrefunde, Kokank, Kotublassu, Kunu, Kyere, Kyirafunti, Kyirebente, Lihos, Liku, Malah, Meni oil tree, N'goule, Namijin-kadai, Ngohou ibenga, Ngokele, Nokue, Okikopom, Okoa, Okoga, Okoka, Okut, Oteng, Otugba, Ozobe, Parapara, Plu, Pone, Prenkebi, Red ironwood, Red oak, Umawerek, Umpenek, Yasu

SAPWOOD
Clearly demarcated, pale pink, 2 to 5 cm.

HEARTWOOD
Colour: Dark red to purple-brown - white deposits in the pores
Grain: Slightly/occasionally interlocked
Texture: Coarse

TECHNOLOGICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Green weight (kg/m3): 1000 - 1100
Specific gravity at 12% M.C. (kg/m3) MV12: (very heavy) 1060
Volumetric shrinkage for 1% MC variation V%: (large) 0.69
Total tangential shrinkage (TS)%: 10.3
Total radial shrinkage (RS)%: 7.3
Crushing strength (N/mm2) C12: 96 MPa
Static bending strength (N/mm2) F12: 162 MPa
Modulus of elasticity (N/mm2) E12: 21420 MPa

END USE

Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Bridge beams, Bridge construction, Bridge joists, Charcoal, Crossties, Decks, Dockwork, Domestic flooring, Flooring, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Fuelwood, Harbor work, Heavy construction, Joinery (external): ground contact, Joinery, Light construction, Marine construction, Mine timbers, Parquet flooring, Piling, Posts, Railroad ties, Sporting Goods, Sub-flooring, Tables, Truck bodies, Turnery, Vats, Vehicle parts, Wharf construction