IGAGANGA

igaganga TIMBER USES

The tropical timber igaganga is mainly used in the plywood industry. It can be used for the following purposes:

Structures and panels

• Finger joints
• Plywood, inside face and outside face
• Plywood, inner layers
• Sliced veneer

Carpentry and interior fittings

• Wooden floors
• Interior staircases
• Doors and door frames
• Moulding
• Layout and furnishings

Miscellaneous uses

• Turnery, cutlery and brushmaking
• Packing and crating

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DISTRIBUTION AREA OF igaganga

The tropical species igaganga is found in a small area in Central Africa, in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and the western part of the DRC.

ECOLOGY and Biology of igaganga

The species igaganga is a non-deciduous species of dense evergreen rainforests. It tolerates shade. Its seeds are dispersed by animals (zoochory).

DESCRIPTION OF igaganga TIMBER

• Color: yellow brown
• Sapwood: not clearly demarcated
• Texture: fine
• Grain: interlocked
• Interlocked grain: slight

igaganga: PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Read the Tropix sheet of igaganga (CIRAD).

igaganga: NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

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

Read the Tropix sheet of igaganga (CIRAD).

PROCESSING OF igaganga TIMBER

Read the Tropix sheet of igaganga (CIRAD).

Sources :

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