Etimoué

The tree species that produce the wood for Etimoé grow in West African tropical rainforests.

Etimoé is processed into knife veneers, which are used as face veneers in the furniture industry, but also plays a role as rotary-cut veneer in plywood production.
The heartwood in particular is weather-resistant, heavy (0.8 g/cm3), hard, and termite-resistant. The heartwood of Etimoué is gray-reddish to reddish-brown, darkening to coppery, the sapwood is clearly distinct and light in color, and the resinous heartwood is easy to polish and often veined. Etimoue is related to ovangkol and mutenye and often has a strong walnut character. It has a partly fine, partly coarse structure and the wood exudes a pleasant, comforting scent.
It can be worked easily with all tools. Drying is unproblematic if done slowly. Resin may ooze out in the sapwood area.

0,6mm Etimoué

Translated from German to English via AI (DeepL).

Sources:

Fritz Kohl, 2012, „Furniere“, Seite 187
Begemann, Helmut F., 1962, Lexikon der Nutzhölzer, Seite 1462
Bilder: "Templin Furnier e.K."