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Botanical Name

Guibourtia ehie j. Léonard (Fam. Leguminosen)

Trade Names

Ovangkol, Ovengkol, Anokye, Ehie, Hyeduanini, Amazakoué

Substitution

For fine interior decorating as solid wood or veneer for Walnut, Mutenye (= Guibourtia arnoldiana), Paldao (= Dracontomelum da

Indigenous to

Africa: Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Cameroon, Liberia, Nigeria

Characteristics

The sapwood is yellowish grey to grey with different breadth of 4-10 cm. The heartwood is clearly separated, brown or olive brown, matt-finished and frequently with more or less regular, of 5-10 mm broad striation, which influences the nearly black and dry dark brown wood image. The pores are medium-sized to rough, scattered and partly replenished with dark core-stuff. Wood rays are thin, visible only on radial surfaces as mirrors to 1 mm wide. The growth layers are defined and as eye shaped figuring encase the pores so that their design shows up well on longitudinal cut. Direction of grain is predominantly with weak irregular twist, often with a light diagonal latch growth, which clearly animates the wood image in combination with color strips.