TIAMA

Tiama is a large tree of the forests of Central and West Africa that can reach 50 m in height and 1.5 m in diameter. This reddish-brown wood is used for interior and exterior carpentry and for veneers. It is also used in shipbuilding.

Read the Tropix sheet (CIRAD).

TIAMA
Botanical name(s) :

Entandrophragma angolense, Entandrophragma congoense, Entandrophragma excelsum

Famille: MELIACEAE (angiosperm)

Commercial restriction: no commercial restriction

Tiama is a large tropical tree that can reach 50 m in height and 1.5 m in diameter. The trunk is straight and cylindrical, with buttresses at the base. The bark that covers it is gray to brownish, marked with lenticels.

Where to buy tiama timber?

tiama TIMBER USES

Tiama is a moderately durable tropical wood, light and soft. It is a versatile material, which is used for the production of sliced veneers, in interior joinery and in exterior joinery. It is also used in shipbuilding.

It can be used for the following purposes:

Structures and panels

  • Lightweight structures
  • Finger joints
  • Plywood, inside face and outside face
  • Sliced veneer

Exterior joinery (building facade)

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

Carpentry and interior fittings

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

Shipbuilding

  • Boat decks and planking

Where to buy tiama timber?

DISTRIBUTION AREA OF tiama

The exotic essence tiama is found in West Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria), Central Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DRC) and Uganda in East Africa.

ECOLOGY and Biology of tiama

The exotic species tiama is a non-caducifolate and non-gregarious, semi-heliophilous species that grows in dense, humid, semi-deciduous and evergreen forests. Its seeds are dispersed by the wind.

DESCRIPTION OF tiama TIMBER

  • Color: red brown
  • Sapwood: clearly demarcated
  • Texture: medium
  • Grain: interlocked
  • Interlocked grain: marked

tiama: PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Read the Tropix sheet of tiama (CIRAD).

tiama: NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

  • Funghi: class 3 - moderately durable
  • Dry wood borers: durable - sapwood demarcated (risk limited to sapwood)
  • Termites : class S - suscpetible
  • Treatability: class 4- not 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 tiama (CIRAD).

PROCESSING OF tiama TIMBER

Read the Tropix sheet of tiama (CIRAD).

 

Sources :

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

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