ANGONGUI
Angongui is a homogenous wood with a grey-pink tint. This wood is also known as Onzabili and has a coarse and felt-like structure.
Description
Botanical name: | Antrocaryon klaineanum |
Overall character: | This simple and soft wood has moderate shrinking and good strength properties. However, it is not resistant to weather or insects. |
Color and structure: | Theres a minimal color difference between the heartwood and the sapwood: both are a greyish pink to light red, not clearly contrasted fom each other. |
Characteristics/features: | Angongui wood can be worked with all tools. It has proven itself to be a very elastic peeled veneer, and plywood panels made out of this material have great endurance. |
Areas of use: | As Angongui is a plain wood thats not particularly decorative, it is mostly used indoors in areas that require medium strength construction woods. It is a peeled veneer similar to Okoume. |
Sources: | https://www.holzvomfach.de |