bodioa

bodioa TIMBER USES

The exotic species bodioa is a heavy and hard wood. However, it is not very resistant to fungi and dry wood borers: it is therefore not durable. In order to exploit its physical and mechanical qualities, it is necessary to treat it.

It can be used in interior joinery, as well as in exterior joinery for the manufacture of doors and windows. Its characteristics make it a material suitable for the construction of heavy frameworks, industrial flooring, and vehicle and container bottoms.

The tropical timber bodioa can be used for the following purposes:

Structures and panels

• Sliced veneer

Exterior joinery (building facade)

• Windows and doors

Carpentry and interior fittings

• Doors and door frames
• Interior panelling and cladding

Industrial usage and heavy work

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

Miscellaneous uses

• Turnery, cutlery and brushmaking

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DISTRIBUTION AREA OF bodioa

The distribution area of the tropical species bodioa extends from the Atlantic coast of West Africa (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria) to Central Africa (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DRC).

ECOLOGY and Biology of bodioa

The exotic species bodioa is a non-deciduous, mainly evergreen forest species. The winged seeds of this hermaphrodite species are dispersed by the wind from September to March.

DESCRIPTION OF bodioa TIMBER

• Color: light brown
• Sapwood: not clearly demarcated
• Texture: medium
• Grain: straight
• Interlocked grain: absent

bodioa: PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

See the Tropix sheet of bodioa (CIRAD).

bodioa: NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

• Fungi: class 1 - not durable
• Dry wood borers: susceptible - sapwood  not or slightly demarcated (risk in all the wood)
• Termites : class D - durable
• Treatability: class 1 - easily permeable
• Use class ensured by natural durability: class 1 (no dampness)
• Species covering the use class 5: No

See the Tropix sheet of bodioa (CIRAD).

PROCESSING OF bodioa TIMBER

See the Tropix sheet of bodioa (CIRAD).

Sources :

• CIRAD
• ATIBT