IATANDZA

iatandza TIMBER USES

The tropical wood iatandza is used in interior and exterior joinery. It is also used in the plywood industry.

This timber is well suited for outdoor use due to its resistance to humidity; however, it should not be exposed to permanent humidification.

Iatandza can be used for the following purposes:

Structures and panels

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

Exterior joinery (building facade)

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

Carpentry and interior fittings

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

Outdoor equipment - Recreation

• Single-level terraces and pool areas
• Shelters, outdoor furniture and playgrounds
• Gates
• Visual barriers and windbreak panels, pergolas

Miscellaneous uses

• Turnery, cutlery and brushmaking
• Packing and crating

Where to buy iatandza timber?

DISTRIBUTION AREA OF iatandza

The tropical species iatandza is found in the western part of Africa (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria), and also in Central Africa (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DRC).

ECOLOGY and Biology of iatandza

The species iatandza appreciates above all the dense humid semi-deciduous forests. It is more rarely found in evergreen forests, in which it ventures during clearings. The fruits are dispersed at short distance by the wind (anemochory).

DESCRIPTION OF iatandza TIMBER

• Color: rd brown
• Sapwood: clearly demarcated
• Texture: coarse
• Grain: interlocked
• Interlocked grain: slight

iatandza: PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Read the Tropix sheet of iatandza (CIRAD).

iatandza: NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

• Funghi: class 2 - durable
• Dry wood borers: durable - sapwood demarcated (risk limited to sapwood)
• Termites : class D - durable
• Treatability: class 3 - poorly permeable
• Use class ensured by natural durability: class 3 - not in ground contact (outside)
• Species covering the use class 5: No

Read the Tropix sheet of iatandza (CIRAD).

PROCESSING OF iatandza TIMBER

Read the Tropix sheet of iatandza (CIRAD).

Sources :

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