BOSSE

Bossé TIMBER USES

Bossé is a tropical pinkish brown, light to medium-heavy, moderately hard wood. It is a durable exotic species, resistant to fungi and dry wood borers, although sensitive to termites.

Its durability makes it a wood suitable for many uses, especially outdoors :

• exterior joinery
• interior joinery
• cabinet-making
• shipbuilding
• plywood

Where to buy Bossé timber?

DISTRIBUTION AREA OF Bossé

Bossé is a tropical species characteristic of the forests of West and Central Africa. Bossé can be found from Liberia to Uganda, and as far south as Angola.

ECOLOGY and biology OF bossé

The tropical tree Bossé is found in dense evergreen rainforests. It is an undeciduous species that tolerates shade.

DESCRIPTION OF Bossé timber

• Color: pinkish borwn
• Sapwood: distinct
• Texture: fine
• Grain: interlocked
• Interlocked grain: slight

PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF Bossé

See Tropix sheet of Bossé (CIRAD).

NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY of Bossé timber

• Funghi: class 2 - durable
• Dry wood borers: durable
• Termites : class S - sensitive
• Treatability: class 4 - not permeable
• Use class ensured by natural durability: class 3 - not in ground contact, outside
• Species covering the use class 5: No

See Tropix sheet of Bossé (CIRAD).

PROCESSING OF bossé TIMBER

See Tropix sheet of Bossé (CIRAD).

Sources: CIRAD - ATIBT

Copyright photo: Q. Meunier, C. Moumbogou, J.-L. Doucet, 2015. Les arbres utiles du Gabon