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ENTANDROPHRAGMA UTILE [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
  • Types of Wood
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A very large African mahogany (Entandrophragma utile) that occurs chiefly in the Cameroons and Ivory Coast and that yields an attractively banded moderately hard and heavy light to dark red or reddish brown scented wood which is sometimes exported in quantity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
  • Sortes de bois
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le sipo(Entandrophragma utile) est un très grand arbre de la famille des Meliaceae. On le trouve dans la forêt dense africaine, son bois est très utilisé en menuiserie extérieure, en ébénisterie, pour le contreplaqué.

OBS

sipo; assié; utile : termes normalisés par l’AFNOR.

Spanish

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