Piptadeniastrum africanum Brenan
(= Piptadenia africana Hook. f.)

West Africa - Central Africa - East Africa

Sierra Leone : MBELE. GULI
Ivory Coast : DABEMA
Ghana : DAHOMA
Nigeria : AGBOIN, EKHIMI
Liberia : MBELI
Cameroon : ATUI
Equat. Guinea : TOM
Gabon : TOUM
Congo, Angola : N'SINGA
Zaire : BOKUNGU, LIKUNDU
Uganda : MPEWERE
Great Britain : DAHOMA, EKHIMI
Netherlands : BUKUNDU

Pr. = Large possibilities Ex. = OCC. (Promotion)

• Colour : Light brown to yellow-brown
• Grain : Slightly/occasionally interlocked to highly/frequently interlocked
• Texture : Coarse
• Silver figure : Fine (barely visible)
• Unpleasant odor when green or rewetted

• Green weight (kg/m3) = 900 - 1100
• Specific gravity at 12% M.C. (kg/m3) MV12 = (medium) 690
• Volumetric swelling for 1% MC variation V% = (medium) 0.54
• Total tangential swelling T% = 9.4
• Total radial swelling R% = 3.9
• Crushing strength (N/mm2) C12 = 57
• Static bending strength (N/mm2) F12 = 137
• Modulus of elasticity (N/mm2) E12 = 12300

• House framing and heavy construction
• Truck and wagon trays
• Bridges
• Flooring

• Natural durability : Durable
• Lyctus susceptibility : No
• Preservative treatment : Resistant
• Other remarks :
  - Suitable as an alternative to European Oak for first-grade logs.