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Lovoa trichilioides
Also called Congowood, Tigerwood, Benin Walnut, Nigerian Golden Walnut
Lovoa trichilioides, also called African walnut, Congowood, dibetou or tigerwood, is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae found in Central Africa. The timber provides high chatoyance, with an average value above 20 PZC.
It is threatened by habitat loss, but is listed as
The tree is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lovoa trichilioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
