ILOMBA

ilomba TIMBER USES

The tropical timber ilomba is used in carpentry and interior design for the manufacture of plywood, furniture, and moldings.

It can be used for the following purposes:

Structures and panels

• Plywood, inside face and outside face
• Plywood, inner layers

Exterior joinery (building facade)

• Cladding and outer coating

Carpentry and interior fittings

• Doors and door frames
• Moulding
• Interior panelling and cladding
• Layout and furnishings

Miscellaneous uses

• Packing and crating

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DISTRIBUTION AREA OF ilomba

The distribution area of the tropical species ilomba extends from West Africa (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria,) to Central Africa (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, DRC), to East Africa (Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia).

ECOLOGY and Biology of ilomba

The exotic species ilomba is a non-deciduous species of dense evergreen and semi-deciduous rainforests. It grows mainly in old secondary forests. Its seeds are dispersed by animals from July to February.

DESCRIPTION OF ilomba TIMBER

• Color: pinkish brown
• Sapwood: not demarcated
• Texture: coarse
• Grain: straight
• Interlocked grain: absent

ilomba: PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Read the Tropix sheet of ilomba (CIRAD).

Abura : NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

• Funghi: class 5 - not durable
• Dry wood borers: susceptible
• Termites : class S - susceptible
• Treatability: class 1 - easily permeable
• Use class ensured by natural durability: class 1 - inside (no dampness)
• Species covering the use class 5: No

PROCESSING OF ilomba TIMBER

Read the Tropix sheet of ilomba (CIRAD).

Sources :

• CIRAD
• ATIBT
• Q. Meunier, C. Moumbogou, J.-L. Doucet, 2015, Les arbres utiles du Gabon