Avodire Veneer
Avodire
is also known as Blimah-pu, Apapaye, Lusamba and Apaya, and has a rather extensive
range in Africa, from Sierra Leone westward to the Congo region and southward to
Zaire and Angola. It is most common in the eastern region of the Ivory Coast, scattered
elsewhere and found near streams and lakes.
The sapwood of Avodire is not differentiated from the heartwood, which is creamy white to pale yellow with high natural lustre, eventually darkening to a golden yellow.
Avodire veneer grain is sometimes straight but more often wavy or irregularly interlocked, producing an unusual and attractive mottled figure when sliced or cut on the quarter.
