EYONG

eyong TIMBER USES

The tropical species eyong can be used for interior joinery to make sliced veneers, plywood, or woodworks.

It can be used for the following purposes:

Structures and panels

• Plywood, inside face and outside face
• Sliced veneer

Carpentry and interior fittings

• Wooden floors
• Doors and door frames
• Interior panelling and cladding
• Layout and furnishings

Where to buy eyong timber?

DISTRIBUTION AREA OF eyong

The exotic species eyong is found in a vast distribution area in West Africa (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria) and in Central Africa (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DRC).

ECOLOGY and Biology of eyong

The species eyong is a deciduous species of semi-deciduous forests. It tolerates shade.

DESCRIPTION OF eyong TIMBER

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

eyong: PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

See the Tropix sheet of eyong (CIRAD).

eyong: NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

• Funghi: class 4 - poorly durable
• Dry wood borers: susceptible - sapwood not or slightly demarcated (risk in all the wood)
• Termites : class S - susceptible
• Treatability: class 3-4 - poorly or not permeable
• Use class ensured by natural durability: class 2 - inside or under cover (dampness possible)
• Species covering the use class 5: No

See the Tropix sheet of eyong (CIRAD).

PROCESSING OF eyong TIMBER

See the Tropix sheet of eyong (CIRAD).

Sources :

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