Botanical Name |
Standard Trade Name |
Local Name |
Dalbergia Melanoxylon |
African Blackwood |
Mpingo |
Spirostachys Africana |
Msaraka |
Masraka |
Afrormosia Angolensis |
East African Afrormosia |
Muvanga |
Khaya Nyasica |
African Mahogany |
Mkangazi |
Acacia Nigrescens |
Knobthorn |
Mkambala |
Olea Africana |
Brown Olive |
Mziagembe |
Podocarpus ssp. |
Podo |
Mse |
Chlorophora Excelsa |
Iroko, Mvule |
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Table V - Cross reference of names of timber types used in tests or otherwise referred to in this report
Note - some of these timbers have several local names - the most common local name was selected in such cases...