FARO

faro TIMBER USES

The exotic species faro can be used in interior joinery to make sliced veneers, plywood or furniture.

Faro is mainly used for the following purposes:

Structures and panels

• Plywood, inner layers
• Sliced veneer

Carpentry and interior fittings

• Doors and door frames
• Layout and furnishings

Miscellaneous uses

• Packing and crating

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DISTRIBUTION AREA OF faro

The distribution area of the tropical species faro extends along the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, including Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and a small area in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

ECOLOGY and Biology of faro

The exotic species faro is a non-gregarious species of evergreen forests, appreciating river banks. The seed of this hermaphrodite species is probably dispersed by the wind (anemochory).

DESCRIPTION OF Faro TIMBER

• Color: brown
• Sapwood: not clearly demarcated
• Texture: coarse
• Grain: straight or interlocked
• Interlocked grain: slight

faro: PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Read the Tropix sheet of faro (CIRAD).

Faro: NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

• Funghi: class 4-5 - poorly to not durable
• Dry wood borers: sapwood not or slightly demarcated (risk in all the wood)
  
• Termites : class S - susceptible
• Treatability: class 2-3 - poorly to moderately permeable
• Use class ensured by natural durability: class 1 - inside (no dampness)
• Species covering the use class 5: No

Read the Tropix sheet of faro (CIRAD).

PROCESSING OF faro TIMBER

Read the Tropix sheet of faro (CIRAD).

Sources :

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