Place name:
Okoume(法国),Combo Combo、Angouma、Moukoumi、N’koumi(加蓬),N’kumi[刚果(布)],Okaka、azouga、Gaboon(英国),Mofoumou、Okume、N’goumi(赤道几内亚),Cambogala、Ozonga(西非).
Trees and distribution:
Megaphanerophyte, distributed in Central and West Africa. It can grow up to 25~35m high, sometimes up to 50m; 1-2.5 m in diameter.It has large roots and is known as the "king of African trees". Mainly imported from Gabon, equatorial guinea and Cameroon, it is the largest and most important west African plywood material.
Wood use:
This wood is used for producing veneer, plywood, furniture, joinery, packing cases, boxes, wood molds, pulp, musical instruments and etc.
Wenzhou Timber Group, whose predecessor is Wenzhou Timber Mill founded in 1952, is a key state-owned company affiliated to Zhejiang Forest and Industry Office. Wenzhou Timber Group Company, a key state-owned company in Wenzhou city, was founded in the May of 1991. It merged with Wenzhou Industry Investment Group under the provisions of the integrative recombination of the state-owned property in the December of 2010. The company achieved reconstruction in the August of 2012 and now has changed the company name into Wenzhou Timber Group Co., Ltd.