Amazakoué
Continent
Afrika
Origin
Guibourtia ethie
Range
Leguminosae
Properties
Fine furniture and cabinetwork, turnery, decorative veneers, flooring. A walnut like wood. Yields a gum copal used in pharmaceuticals and as a base for varnishes.
Machining
Heartwood yellow brown to dark brown with gray to almost black stripes; sapwood yellow white, about 4 in wide, clearly demarcated. Texture moderately coarse, grain straight to interlocked; attractive figure, unpleasant odour when freshly cut.
Seasoning
Saws slowly but well for its density, works fairly easily with hand and machine tools, planes to a good finish, must be heated before slicing unto veneers. May stain when in contact with metal.
Finishing
Jointing
Similar woods
Teak
Uses
Ivory coast, Ghana, Southern Nigeria and Gabon.
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