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Article: Wood of the month. (African Amazaque)
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- Wood & Wood Products
- Article date:
- November 1, 1991
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WOOD OF THE MONTH
It was hard to decide on a name for this beautiful African wood because it is known by so many different and seemingly unrelated labels. Said Werner Lorenz, president and owner of Indiana Veneers Corp., "Amazaque is a perfectly correct name for the wood, and is the preferred name in Europe, Africa and the Far East. But in North America the term Mozambique also |caught on' at some point."
But wait, that is not all. Guibourtia ehie of the Family Leguminosae, is also known as amazoue, ovenkol, hyeduanini, ovangkol, kolima, anokye, ehie, amazahoue, and shedua. The wood is found most often in rain forest and traditional forest areas in the Ivory ...