Sipo
Scientific name:
Entandrophragma utile
Cameroonian name:
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Distribution in tropical Africa:
From Guinea to Angola and Uganda
Description of the wood:
Bark: silvery gray, longitudinally and horizontally crevassed; pink fibrous slice, lighter towards the inside, slightly odorous.
Sapwood: well differentiated, pinkish brown.
Wood: reddish brown, slightly purplish.
Log diameter: /.
Physical properties:
Tender, moderately nervous
Mechanical properties:
Elastic, not very shock resistant
Uses:
Cabinetmaking veneer, plywood face veneer, exterior and interior carpentry, decorative fittings, cabinetmaking.