Eyong
Scientific name:
Eribroma oblongum
Cameroonian name:
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Distribution in tropical Africa:
From Liberia to Gabon
Description of the wood:
Bark: grey (1cm), slightly cracked longitudinally, peeling off in thin scales in old trees, whitish fibrous slice when fresh with orange-yellow spots, then reddish-brown.
Sapwood: little differentiated.
Wood: creamy white to pale yellow-brown with white veins. Wide grain.
Log diameter: /.
Physical properties:
Medium-hard, nervous
Mechanical properties:
Semi-hard, nervous, fairly fissile, elastic wood
Uses:
Interior carpentry, plywood, veneer, furniture cabinetmaking.