Triplochiton scleroxylon is a tropical tree

Tree

A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...

 of Africa

Africa

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. This timber

Timber

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 is also known as Abachi, under the Nigeria

Nigeria

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n name obeche, the Ghana

Ghana

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 name wawa, the Cameroon

Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

 name ayous and Ivory Coast name samba.

A specialized use of obeche wood is the construction of sauna

Sauna

A sauna is a small room or house designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these and auxiliary facilities....

 interior parts that touch skin, where the wood is prized for its lack of splinters or resin, and most importantly its low heat retention.

The density is in the region of 390 kg per cubic meter.

Musical use

The English guitar manufacturer Shergold

Shergold

Shergold Guitars, or Shergold Woodcrafts Limited, was established in October 1967 by former Burns London employees Jack Golder and Norman Houlder...

/Hayman used Obeche as body wood in some of their 1970s models. Gibson

Gibson

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is now using Obeche for the fingerboard of certain Les Paul models.