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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...

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