FUMA

fuma TIMBER USES

The tropical wood fuma is used in carpentry and interior design for the manufacture of plywood.

Fuma can be used for the following products:

Structures and panels

• Plywood, inner layers

Carpentry and interior fittings

• Moulding
• Layout and furnishings

Miscellaneous uses

• Packing and crating

DISTRIBUTION AREA OF fuma

The distribution area of the tropical species fuma extends over all tropical regions of Africa, from West Africa to East Africa, while crossing Central Africa.

ECOLOGY and Biology of fuma

The exotic species fuma is a deciduous, non-gregarious species found in secondary forests and in anthropized areas such as fields or villages. It grows more rarely in evergreen and semi-deciduous forests. Its seeds are dispersed by the wind from December to May.

DESCRIPTION OF fuma TIMBER

• Color: creamy white
• Sapwood: not demarcated
• Texture: coarse
• Grain: interlocked
• Interlocked grain: slight

fuma: PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Read the Tropix sheet of fuma (CIRAD).

fuma : NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

• Funghi: class 5 - not durable
• Dry wood borers: susceptible
• Termites : class S - susceptible
• Treatability: class 1 - easily permeable
• Use class ensured by natural durability: class 1 - inside (no dampness)
• Species covering the use class 5: No

PROCESSING OF fuma TIMBER

Read the Tropix sheet of fuma (CIRAD).

Sources :

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