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Alstonia boonei de Wild.

cheese wood; pattern wood; stool wood

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Alstonia
English cheese wood; pattern wood; stool wood
Other names Émien

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Africa
States and Territories Benin; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo; Cabinda; Central African Republic; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Ethiopia; South Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Alstonia
Species boonei
Author citation de Wild.
Scientific name Alstonia boonei de Wild.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Wood

cheese wood;  pattern wood;  stool wood

Alstonia boonei , ©Dennis Wilson