OZIGO

ozigo TIMBER USES

The tropical timber ozigo is a light and soft wood, not durable, used for interior joinery and plywood.

It can be used for the following purposes:

Structures and panels

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

Carpentry and interior fittings

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

Miscellaneous uses

• Packing and crating

DISTRIBUTION AREA OF ozigo

The exotic species ozigo can be found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Congo.

ECOLOGY and Biology of ozigo

The tropical species ozigo is an evergreen, semi-heliophilous, non-gregarious species that grows in evergreen forests. Its seeds are dispersed by animals from January to May.

DESCRIPTION OF ozigo TIMBER

• Color: light brown
• Sapwood: not clearly demarcated
• Texture: medium
• Grain: interlocked
• Interlocked grain: marked

ozigo: PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Read the Tropix sheet of ozigo (CIRAD).

ozigo: NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

• Funghi: class 5 - not durable
• Dry wood borers: susceptible - 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 ozigo (CIRAD).

PROCESSING OF ozigo TIMBER

Read the Tropix sheet of ozigo (CIRAD).

Sources :

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