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obeche
▪ I. obeche (əʊˈbiːtʃiː) [Bini name in Nigeria.] A large West African tree, Triplochiton scleroxylon, of the family Sterculiaceæ, found in lowland forests; also its light-coloured timber. Also attrib.1908 H. N. Thompson in Kew Bull. 195 ‘Satinwood’, ‘Obeche’... At the Liverpool Market..it was classi...
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Triplochiton
Known species
As accepted by Kew;
Triplochiton scleroxylon (African whitewood, Obeche and others, )
Triplochiton zambesiacus
It was first described
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guarea
guarea, n. (ˈgwɑːrɪə) [a. mod.L. genus name Guarea (Linnaeus Mantissa Plantarum (1771) ii. 150), f. Cuban Sp. guara.] Any of various tropical hardwood trees of the genus Guarea, esp. the species G. cedrata and G. thompsonii, growing mainly in West Africa and yielding a durable pale mahogany-like tim...
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Sapele
Timber and Plywood (AT&P), a division of the United Africa Company, had a factory at this location where the wood, along with Triplochiton scleroxylon, Obeche
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obeis
† oˈbeish, oˈbeis, v. Obs. Forms: 4 obeshe, obeche, obeishe, obeiche, 4–5 obeische, obesche, 5 obeisshe, obeysche, obeysshe; 4–5 obes, obeis, obeyse, 5 obeisse, obeise. [a. F. obéiss-, lengthened stem of obéir to obey (formally corresponding to a L. inchoative type *obēdīsc-). As to constructions cf...
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Triplochiton scleroxylon
The timber is known by the common names African whitewood, abachi, obeche (in Nigeria), wawa (in Ghana), ayous (in Cameroon) and sambawawa (in Ivory Coast
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The Famished Road
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1.The country is not named in the book, but references to Guinness, eba, the harmattan, garri, highlife music, ogogoro, egungun, obeche, the pound
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Ekiti State
On World Forest Day 2022, Governor Kayode Fayemi announced that Obeche (Triplochiton scleroxylon) had been chosen as State Tree owing to its local prominence The land is also known for its forest resources, notably timber, and in March 2022, Obeche (Triplochiton scleroxylon) was adopted as State Tree due to
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Ikom
Prominent among the forest resources in Ikom are mahogany, iroko, aphoria (black and white) opepe, Obeche, teak, mangrove and Ebong.
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Okeluse Forest Reserve
Some of the notable tree species include mahogany, iroko, and obeche.
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中非共和国经济
十多种树木被砍伐,其中九成半是非洲白木(obeche)、红木(sapele)、黑檀木(ebony)和桃花心木(sipo)。
2003年,十多座锯木厂总共生产51.6万立方米的锯材原木和单板原木。政府鼓励生产胶合板及单板。2003年,原木采伐量估计约280万立方米。
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Esan people
It is believed that similar corruption has affected such Esan names as ubhẹkhẹ (now 'obeche' tree), uloko (now 'iroko' tree), Abhulimẹn (now 'Aburime')
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Imo State
Profitable flora including iroko, mahogany, obeche, bamboo, rubber tree and oil palm.
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Yorubaland
iroko, Antiaris africana, Terminalia superba which is known locally as afara, Entandrophragma or sapele, Lophira alata, Triplochiton scleroxylon (or obeche
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Idanre Forest Reserve
The reserve's vegetation is dominated by trees, including mahogany, iroko, and obeche.
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