African Hardwood Trees List

Deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.
African hardwood trees list. To mark the occasion we re dedicating this top 10 to our favourite trees from across the. This african tree has an extensive range on. The following is a list of 14 african hardwoods along with their various qualities and how they are commonly used. Congowood mozambique ebony senegal ebony cape damson ebony.
You can easily identify a hardwood from a conifer. Wood hardness varies among the hardwood species and some are actually softer than some softwoods. 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. This is an excellent botanical.
Trees with broad flat leaves as opposed to coniferous or needled trees. 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. African blackwood grenadillo dalbergia melanoxylon african blackwood family. African woods from the outdoor friendly afrormosia to the vibrant zebrawood african hardwoods display diversity in color figure as well as uses.
1961 under the title timber trees of liberia. This diversity of habitat results in an extremely diverse population of tree species. Woodworkers will appreciate our extensive list of available woods below. Africa also happens to be home to some of the hardest types of wood in the world.
Coconut timber cocos nucifera toddy palm timber borassus flabellifer see also. It s all about trees in our south african home base this week as the country celebrates arbor week. List of indian timber trees. Hardwood trees usually have broad flat leaves as opposed to coniferous needled or scaled tree foliage another name for a hardwood tree is appropriately broadleaf.
This is one of the densest hardwood trees in the world. The african continent is an immense area densely wooded in many regions with wide variations in climate. South africa has a plethora of iconic indigenous trees that add to the beauty of south african biodiversity. 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.