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Clicking any heading in the main data area (at right) will scroll the page back to this top position. Use the following links to jump to the associated section in the main data. Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Drying Defects Family Name Grain Heartwood Color Luster Natural Durability Numerical Data Planing Polishing References Regions of Distribution Sapwood Color Scientific Name Strength Properties Texture Trade Name Tree Identification Tree Size Scientific Name Hymenostegia afzelii Trade Name Adwenkobi Family Name Caesalpiniaceae Common Names Adwenkobi, Aka, Akarak, Akushunmajadin, Alade, Eggi, Kouekove, Nkanua, Ogikiomi, Okuraba, Oyabezze, Takorowa, Upatecka, Waterside cynometra Regions of Distribution Africa Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo Common Uses Agricultural implements, Flooring, Fuelwood, Heavy construction, Light construction, Mine timbers, Posts, Railroad ties, Sporting Goods, Tool handles, Vehicle parts Heartwood Color Yellow Orange Yellow to golden-yellow to orange Pale red to pink Pale brown Sapwood Color White Yellow White to yellow Same as heartwood Grain Interlocked Figure Growth rings (figure) Interlocked Clear growth rings (figure) Texture Medium Fine Fine Luster Medium Dull Natural Durability Perishable Non-durable Susceptible to termite (Isoptera) attack Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles Resistant to attack from termites (Isoptera) Non durable Moderately durable Durable Drying Defects Distortion Tree Identification Bole/stem form is fluted Tree Size Tree height is 0-10 m Cutting Resistance Cutting Resistance with green wood is difficult Cutting Resistance with dry wood is difficult Planing Difficult to plane Polishing Good results Strength Properties Shrinkage, Tangential = large Shrinkage, Radial = large Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Density 58 lbs/ft3 Weight 57 46 lbs/ft3 Radial Shrinkage 6 % Tangential Shrinkage 9 % Item Green Dry Metric Density 929 kg/m3 Weight 913 737 kg/m3 Radial Shrinkage 6 % References Bolza, E., Keating, W.G.,1972,African Timbers - the Properties, Uses and Characteristics of 700 Species,C.S.I.R.O. Div. of Building Research Chalk, L.,1933,Twenty West African Timber Trees,Forest Trees and Timbers of the British Empire,Part 2 Irvine, F.R.,1961,Woody Plants of Ghana,O.U.P. London