Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-655.36.__
Triplochiton scleroxylon
English: African whitewood; Abachi; Obeche; Wawa; Ayous; Sambawawa
Region: West Africa and Central Africa.
Habitat: tropical.
Use: timber, pale yellow, moderately soft and light hardwood, for veneer, furniture, picture frames and mouldings, guitars.
Ecology: host of the African silk moth, Anaphe venata, whose caterpillars feed on the leaves and spin cocoons which are then used to make silk.