EKABA

Ekaba TIMBER USES

The tropical wood ekaba is a moderately durable wood, adapted for interior joinery in particular for the confection of woodworks. It is also used in the manufacture of plywood and in exterior joinery, provided that it has received a preservation treatment.

Ekaba is used for the following products:

Structures and panels

• Lightweight structures
• Glued laminated timber
• Plywood, inside face and outside face
• Plywood, inner layers

Exterior joinery (building facade)

• Cladding and outer coating
• Windows and doors
• Shutters and closures

Carpentry and interior fittings

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

 Miscellaneous uses

• Turnery, cutlery and brushmaking
• Packing and crating

Where to buy Ekaba timber?

DISTRIBUTION AREA OF ekaba

The tropical species ekaba is found in a zone located in the west of Central Africa (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DRC).

ECOLOGY and Biology of Ekaba

The exotic species ekaba grows in evergreen forests. It is a hermaphrodite species that tolerates shade and can grow on poor soils. The seeds are dispersed by opening the pod from November to March.

DESCRIPTION OF ekaba TIMBER

• Color: pinkish brown
• Sapwood: not clearly demarcated
• Texture: medium
• Grain: straight or interlocked
• Interlocked grain: slight

ekaba : PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

See the Tropix sheet of ekaba (CIRAD).

ekaba: NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

• Fungi: class 3 - moderately durable
• Dry wood borers: susceptible - sapwood not or slightly demarcated (risk in all the wood)
  
• Termites : class S - susceptible
• Treatability: class 2 - moderately permeable
• Use class ensured by natural durability: class 2 - inside or under cover (dampness possible)
• Species covering the use class 5: No

PROCESSING OF ekaba TIMBER

See the Tropix sheet of ekaba (CIRAD).

Sources :

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

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