LONGHI

longhi TIMBER USES

The tropical wood longhi is an interior wood with low durability. It is used in interior joinery and cabinet making.

It can be used for the following purposes:

Structures and panels

• Lightweight structures
• Glued laminated timber
• Plywood, inside face and outside face
• Sliced veneer

Carpentry and interior fittings

• Wooden floors
• Interior staircases
• Doors and door frames
• Interior panelling and cladding
• Layout and furnishings
• Furniture and cabinetmaking

Miscellaneous uses

• Turnery, cutlery and brushmaking
• Sculptures

Where to buy longhi timber?

DISTRIBUTION AREA OF longhi

The exotic species longhi is found in Central Africa. Its distribution area extends from West Africa (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana) to Central Africa (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DRC). 

ECOLOGY and Biology of longhi

Longhi is a non-deciduous, shade-tolerant species that grows in evergreen and especially semi-deciduous forests. Its seeds are dispersed by animals, from May to December.

DESCRIPTION OF longhi timber

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

longhi : PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Read the Tropix sheet of longhi (CIRAD).

longhi : NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

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

Read the Tropix sheet of longhi (CIRAD).

PROCESSING OF longhi TIMBER

Read the Tropix sheet of longhi (CIRAD).

Sources :

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