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Ghana Hardwoods FOUND IN VOLTA LAKE

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Trade Name

Botanical Name

Weight kg/m3 (12-15% m/c)

General Desription or specific joinery Common Uses Image

Afam Parinari excelsa 900

Hard, heavy and strong for tough exterior use

Industrial floors, boat construction, paneling, flooring, heavy-duty structures.

Albizia Albizia zygia 550General purpose red utility species

Joinery, veneer, plywood, selected furniture, carpentry, flooring, boat construction

Asanfina Aningeria spp. 550

Lower strength, decorative interior use

Sliced veneer, interior joinery, panelling and trip.

AvodireThurenthus africanus 550

Attractive, pale, silky wood for interior decorative panelling and furniture

High quality interior joinery, fittings, mouldings, furniture, decorative veneer and plywood

Berekankum Manilkara spp 1000Tough durable exterior species

Multiple use joinery, cabinet work, turnery, flooring, furniture, Heavy duty flooring, boat construction, marine work.




Black Hyedua Guibourtia ehie 850

High quality cabiniet wood prized for apparence

Decorative sliced veneer, high quality cabinet work, special joinery, trim and fittings, flooring, carvings, turner, musical instruments.

Ceiba Ceiba pentandra 300

Consistant heartwood and sapwood. Good strength to weight ration.

Core veneers for plywood and blockboard, mouldings, food containters, boxes

Celtis Celtis mildbraedii 750

Strong light coloured with straight grain and fine texture.

Structural interior joinery, trim, flooring, mouldings, veneer, plywood, handles, furniture.

DahomaPiptadeniastrum aftricanum 700

Tough timber used mostly for exterior applications

Exterior structural, marine work, sleepers, outdoor furniture, trailer decking

DantaNesogordonia papaverifera 750

Heavy attractive redwood. Fine Grained, hard wearing, strong.

High quality joinery, cabinet work, bench tops, boat components, decking, turnery.




DenyaCylicodiscus gabunensis 950

Very high strength and durability for arduous applications

Flooring, heavy construction, marine construction, dock work, bridges, pilings, ship and boat building, heavy duty flooring.

EbonyDiospyros crassiflora 1030

Tremendous black finish, hard.

Fine instruments, crafts, furniture accents

EdinamEntandrophragma angolense 550

Widely used attractive redwood species

Outdoor and indoor high quality joinery, cabinet making, furniture, floors, sliced/rotary veneer, boat-building, turnery

EmeriTerminalia ivorensis 550

Light coloured versatile species of good strength and durability

Joinery, trim, mouldings, light structures, window frames, furniture, domestic flooring, veneer, plywood

Guarea Guarea cedrata 600

Strong timber of Mahogany-like appearance

Cabinet work, furniture, flooring, boat construction, joinery, turnery, veneer.

Kaku/Ekki Lophira alata 1050

One of Ghana's toughest and most durable species

Sea defence, heavy structural work, floors, piling.




KaneAnogeissus leiocarpus 1041

Strong, durable timber, resistent to decay.

Framing, hand tools, construction, floring, turnery, musical instruments, decking.

KonkromaMorinda lucida Benth. 500

Hard wood, attractive,open grained, well suited for custom applications

Gunstocks, instruments and other fine woodworking.

Koto/KyerePterygota macrocarpa 650

Light coloured veneer and interior speciec

Sliced and rotary veneer, plywood, select joinery, carpentry, boxes.

KusiaNauclea diderrichii 750

Widely used, highly durable exterior quality timber

Marine construction, dock work, decking, exterior structures, joinery, flooring, boat work.

Mahogany Khaya ivornsis 500

Attractive, versatile redwood of worldwide reputation

High quality joinery, cabinet work, furniture, mouldings, doors, frames, boat construction, veneer, plywood, turnery, carvings




MakoreTieghmella heckelii 640

Valued commercial redwood of good durability and strength

Interior and exterior decorative and structural joinery, furniture, staircases, boats, high quality veneers

MansoniaMansonia altissima 650

Distinctive walnut covered wood for high quality joinery

High quality joinery and cabinet work, flooring, turnery, veneers.

Obaa/Ohaa Sterculia Oblonga 750

Pale yellowish wood of attractive appearance for interior use

Rotary veneer, sliced veneer, plywood, blockboard, joinery, trip, panneling.

Odum/Iroko Milicia exels 650

Well known, high grade, commercial species; good strength and durability

Exterior and interior joinery, cabinet work, garden furniture, flooring, work tops, window frames, vats, boat work, decking

Ofram Terminalia superb 550

General purpose light coloured interior and veneer species

Rotary veneer, plywood, interior-joinery/blockboard, panelling, moulding and trim, selected furniture




OtiePycnanthus angolensis 500

General purpose interior species

Interior utility joinery, trim, mouldings, selected furniture, rotary veneer, plywood, boxes

Papao/Apa Afzelia africana 825

Very stable, strong, durable, and attractive commercial species

High quality exterior and interior joinery, flooring, decking, selected furniture, boat work, doors,heavy construction.

PotrodumErythrophleum africanum 900

Extremely strong and durable outdoor species

Heavy construction, marine construction, dock work, bridges, pilings, ship and boat building, heavy duty flooring

TetekonGilbertiodendron spp. 800

Medium strength species of varied application.

Joinery, Carpentry, Boat Construction, Decking, Flooring.

Walnut Lovoa trichilioides 520

High quality, decorative wood of distinctive colour

High quality furniture, cabinet work, joinery, domestic flooring, boat construction, doors and frames, sliced/rotary veneer, plywood




Watapuo Sterculia spp. 375Fairly soft; medium density

Boxes, crates, carvings, light construction, furniture, cabinetry, mouldings.

WawaTriplochiton scleroxylon 375

Light coloured versitile interior species, widely used

Rotary veneer, plywood, blockboard, interior joinery, panelling, moulding, Sauna selected furniture.

WawabimaSterculia rhinopetala 750

Dark red, close-grained species of good strength

Joinery, fititngs, flooring, selected exterior structures rotarty veneer, plywood.

YayaAmphimas pterocarpoides 775

Light coloured interior species

Furniture, mouldings, doors, trip, interior joinery.

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