LIMBALI

limbali TIMBER USES

The tropical wood limbali is very little used. Due to its characteristics, it is a material that can be used in heavy carpentry.

It can be used for the following purposes:

Exterior joinery (building facade)

• Cladding and outer coating
• Windows and doors
• Screen walls and solar shading

Carpentry and interior fittings

• Interior staircases
• Doors and door frames
• Interior panelling and cladding

Outdoor equipment - Recreation

• Single-level terraces and pool areas

Industrial usage and heavy work

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

Shipbuilding

• Boat decks and planking

DISTRIBUTION AREA OF limbali

The exotic species limba is found in Central Africa. Its distribution area extends from Niégria to the Congo basin (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC). 

ECOLOGY and Biology of limbali

The tropical species limbali is a non-deciduous, shade-tolerant species. It grows in mixed evergreen and semi-deciduous forests, often near streams and on flood-prone soils.

DESCRIPTION OF limbali TIMBER

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

limbali : PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Read the Tropix sheet of limbali (CIRAD).

limbali : NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

• Funghi: class 2 - 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 3 - not in ground contact, outside
• Species covering the use class 5: No

Read the Tropix sheet of limbali (CIRAD).

PROCESSING OF limbali TIMBER

Read the Tropix sheet of limbali (CIRAD).

Sources :

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