TOLA

tola TIMBER USES

The tropical timber tola is mainly used in the plywood industry. Locally, it is used in interior carpentry.

This species can be used for the following purposes:

Structures and panels

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

Exterior joinery (building facade)

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

Carpentry and interior fittings

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

Shipbuilding

• Boat decks and planking

Miscellaneous uses

• Packing and crating

Where to buy tola timber?

DISTRIBUTION AREA OF tola

The exotic species tola is found in West Africa (Nigeria) and in Central Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DRC).

ECOLOGY and Biology of tola

Tola is a semi-heliophilous species that grows in dense evergreen and semi-deciduous rainforests. It loses its leaves for a short period. Its fruits are dispersed by the wind from February to April or from August to October.

DESCRIPTION OF tola TIMBER

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

tola: PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Read the Tropix sheet of tola (CIRAD).

tola: NATURAL DURABILITY AND TREATABILITY

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

Read the Tropix sheet of tola (CIRAD).

PROCESSING OF tola TIMBER

Read the Tropix sheet of tola (CIRAD).

Sources :

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