GOMBE

gombé TIMBER USES

The tropical wood gombé is used in carpentry and interior design for the manufacture of plywood and furniture. It is also used in exterior joinery.

Gombé can be used for the following products:

Structures and panels

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

Exterior joinery (building facade)

• Windows and doors
• Shutters and closures

Carpentry and interior fittings

• Doors and door frames
• Moulding
• Interior panelling and cladding
• Layout and furnishings

Industrial usage and heavy work

• Vehicle, wagon and container bottom (or floor)

DISTRIBUTION AREA OF gombé

The tropical species gombé is found in the western part of Africa (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria), as well as in central Africa (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo).

DESCRIPTION OF gombé TIMBER

• Color: orange -yellow
• Sapwood: clearly demarcated
• Texture: coarse
• Grain: interlocked
• Interlocked grain: marked

gombé : PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Read the Tropix sheet of gombé (CIRAD).

gombé : NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

• Funghi: class 4 - poorly durable
• Dry wood borers: durable
• Termites : class S - susceptible
• Treatability: class 3 - poorly permeable
• Use class ensured by natural durability: class 1 - inside (no dampness)
• Species covering the use class 5: No

PROCESSING OF Gombé TIMBER

Read the Tropix sheet of gombé (CIRAD).

Sources :

• CIRAD
• ATIBT