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Guibourtia ehie (Ovangkol; Shedua)

Synonyms: Copaifera ehie (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Guibourtia ehie (Hyedua, Black Hyedua, Ovangkol, Amazoué, or Shedua) is a kind of tree—a species of Guibourtia in the family Fabaceae. Native to tropical west Africa, it grows in Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Nigeria. It prefers closed rain forests and transitional forests, often in small groups. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  1330 lbf (603 kgf) Medium
Specific Gravity [2]  0.712

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
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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