Limba

This was the wood of the limba tree — a native of the Mayumbe forest — from which is produced a beautifully grained, blond, high-quality veneer for plywood and other uses.

Limba occurred in blocks a, c and d and varied from 0.1 to 0.6 exploitable trees per hectare on average.

Because of the decline of harvestable Limba trees in natural forests, a reforestation program was then undertaken by the government using local seed sources [5].