AWOURA

awoura TIMBER USES

The tropical timber awoura is a medium-durable, medium-hard, medium-heavy wood. It is quite versatile, being used for luxury furniture as well as for the manufacture of heavy work, vehicle and container bottoms .

The following products are workable with awoura:

STRUCTURES AND PANELS

• Sliced veneer

CARPENTRY AND INTERIOR FITTINGS

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

INDUSTRIAL USAGE AND HEAVY WORK

• Industrial floors and heavy framework
• Vehicle, wagon and container bottom (or floor)

Where to buy awoura timber?

DISTRIBUTION AREA OF AWOURA

Awura is found in Central Africa, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

ECOLOGY and Biology of AWOURA

Awoura is a non-deciduous tropical species of dense evergreen rainforest. It tolerates shade and sometimes forms very dense stands, often near rivers. The seeds of this hermaphroditic species are dispersed by opening the fruit from January to March.

DESCRIPTION OF awoura TIMBER

• Color: brown
• Sapwood: clearly demarcated
• Texture: medium
• Grain: straight or interlocked
• Interlocked grain: slight

awoura : PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

See the Tropix sheet (CIRAD).

Awoura : NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

• Funghi: class 3 - moderately durable
• Dry wood borers: durable - sapwood demarcated (risk limited to sapwood)
• Termites : class M - moderately durable
• 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

See the Tropix sheet (CIRAD).

PROCESSING OF awoura TIMBER

See the Tropix sheet (CIRAD).

Sources :

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

Copyright: Q. Meunier, C. Moumbogou, J.-L. Doucet, 2015, Les arbres utiles du Gabon