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French: azobé

English translation: kaku/ekki/eba/bongossi/red ironwood







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French term or phrase:azobé
English translation:kaku/ekki/eba/bongossi/red ironwood
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French to English translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber
French term or phrase: azobé
Un important travail d'analyse du plan d'aménagement a été fait dès l'audit initial, afin de rendre plus durable la ressource en azobé, sur la base des inventaires réalisés par WIJMA.
Mary-Ann Marque
France
kaku/ekki/eba/bongossi/red ironwood
Explanation:
Lophira alata Banks ex Gaertn. F. (= Lophira procera A. chev.)

appellation commerciale :
Ghana : KAKU
Nigeria . : EKKI, EBA
Cameroun: BONGOSSI
Grande-Bretagne: (EKKI)

et pour le Canada
Lophira procera ekki, red ironwood azobé, bonkolé
http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/publications/cidb/view-document_e.a...

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danièle davout
Centr. African Republic
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2azobé
Sheila Hardie
3 +1ekki wood
Helen Godfrey
1kaku/ekki/eba/bongossi/red ironwooddanièle davout


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ekki wood

Explanation:
See Termium entry (also corroborated by EURODICAUTOM)
1. Subject Field(s)
– Sortes de bois
– Commerce extérieur
– Botanique systématique (Généralités)

Subject Field(s)
– Types of Wood
– Foreign Trade
– Systematic Botany (General)



azobé Source CORRECT, MASC

bongossi Source CORRECT, SEE OBS, MASC

bonkolé Source MASC

Lophira alata Banks Source LAT

Lophira alata Source LAT

Lophira procera Source LAT ekki Source CORRECT

Lophira alata Source LAT

Lophira procera Source LAT
CONT – Azobé [...] Lophira alata Banks (Ochnacées) [...] Arbre de forêt dense humide, affectionne les stations fraîches, de la Sierra Leone à la République centrafricaine et au Zaïre. Très grand arbre avec peu d'empattement. Fût cylindrique parfois un peu sinueux [...] Bois de couleur chocolat [...] Bois très dur, très lourd [...] Matériau très stable une fois sec. Très fortes cotes mécaniques, peu fissile [...] Avant tout, bois de charpente forte et pour la construction des ponts, les travaux portuaires et les traverses. Source
OBS – Selon la source AUTEC, «bongossi» serait un nom commercial pour «azobé». Source
DEF – A tropical African timber tree (Lophira alata or L. procera) of the family Ochnaceae yielding a heavy hard durable reddish brown wood that is used esp. for wharves, railway ties, and flooring. Source
2000-08-23


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Helen Godfrey
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Cervin: Eurodicatom also says ekki , eba or red iron wood too
16 mins
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
azobé

Explanation:
The scientific name of this species appears to be Lophira alata and it is known as azobé, ekki or bongossi in English.


HTH


Sheila


Resultats 1 - 10 d'aproximadament 11.400 pàgines en anglès per a lophira alata. (0,07 segons)
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Natural regeneration and early morphology of Lophira alata as ...
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Natural regeneration of Lophira alata under seed trees of different size ... Lophira alata is a commercial timber species that has been classified in Ghana ...
www.tropenbos.nl/files/FORAFRI-Nsangou.pdf - Pàgines semblants
USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory One Gifford Pinchot ...
Lophira alata. Ekki. Azobe. Family: Ochnaceae. Other Common Names: Bongossi, Bakundu (Cameroon), Kaku (Ghana), Esore (Ivory Coast), Aba (Nigeria), ...
www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/Chudnoff/ African/htmlDocs_africa/lophiraalata.html - 7k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
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Lophira alata Family: Ochnaceae Ekki Azobe
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Lophira alata. Family: Ochnaceae. Ekki. Azobe. Other Common Names: Bongossi, Bakundu (Cameroon), Kaku (Ghana), Esore (Ivory Coast), Aba ...
www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/techsheets/ Chudnoff/African/new_pdf_files/lophir1new.pdf - Pàgines semblants
Lophira alata
Botanical / Scientific / Latin name, Lophira alata. Common / Trade names. Origin, (Regions Africa) West and Central Africa ...
www.tt-timber.com/servlet/ control/wtk_page/SpeciePopup/pk/22023 - 42k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Conor McAuley: Grandictionnaire.com says so too
4 mins
  -> thank, Conor :-)

agree Ben Gaia: This is more accurate than "wood" because the "resource" probably refers to the standing trees ie potential wood.
2 days3 hrs
  -> thanks, Ben :-)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
kaku/ekki/eba/bongossi/red ironwood

Explanation:
Lophira alata Banks ex Gaertn. F. (= Lophira procera A. chev.)

appellation commerciale :
Ghana : KAKU
Nigeria . : EKKI, EBA
Cameroun: BONGOSSI
Grande-Bretagne: (EKKI)

et pour le Canada
Lophira procera ekki, red ironwood azobé, bonkolé
http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/publications/cidb/view-document_e.a...



danièle davout
Centr. African Republic
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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