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Lovoa trichilioides (African Walnut)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Lovoa trichilioides (also called African walnut, Congowood, dibetou or tigerwood) is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is threatened by habitat loss. Germination success is somewhat limited by short-lived seeds which are heavily predated. Exploitation rates are high. It is one of the two principal timber species in Congo.
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Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  940 lbf (426 kgf) Soft
Specific Gravity [2]  0.48

Predators

Procolobus verus (olive colobus)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
2Properties of Imported Tropical Woods, B. FRANCIS KUKACHKA, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service
3The Diet of the Olive Colobus Monkey, Procolobus verus, in Sierra Leone, John F. Oates, International Journal of Primatology, Vol 9, No. 5, 1988, pp. 457-478
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0