African Hardwood Trees List

South africa has a plethora of iconic indigenous trees that add to the beauty of south african biodiversity.
African hardwood trees list. The leadwood tree combretum imberbe grows to 65 feet tall with a thick gray trunk and heavy branches at the very top of the tree. African blackwood grenadillo dalbergia melanoxylon african blackwood family. The following is a list of 14 african hardwoods along with their various qualities and how they are commonly used. Wood hardness varies among the hardwood species and some are actually softer than some softwoods.
Trees with broad flat leaves as opposed to coniferous or needled trees. Africa also happens to be home to some of the hardest types of wood in the world. This is an excellent botanical. The african continent is an immense area densely wooded in many regions with wide variations in climate.
1961 under the title timber trees of liberia. Coconut timber cocos nucifera toddy palm timber borassus flabellifer see also. Southafrica co za delivers factual and educational information on indigenous trees such as the grand baobab and marula trees the sausage tree and the quiver tree. Most but not all hardwoods are deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.
Deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year. It s all about trees in our south african home base this week as the country celebrates arbor week. Woodworkers will appreciate our extensive list of available woods below. This diversity of habitat results in an extremely diverse population of tree species.
To mark the occasion we re dedicating this top 10 to our favourite trees from across the. You can easily identify a hardwood from a conifer. This african tree has an extensive range on. In 1965 liberian high forest trees by a g voorhoeve appeared.
It is a semi deciduous hardwood native to the tree savannas and mixed forests of south africa north to the tropical regions of central africa. African woods from the outdoor friendly afrormosia to the vibrant zebrawood african hardwoods display diversity in color figure as well as uses. It was written in the introduction to this booklet that it was to give a brief layman s description of the more common trees in liberian forests. Zingana african zebrawood microberlinia brazzavillensis hardwoods.
Congowood mozambique ebony senegal ebony cape damson ebony.