Sipo African hardwood logs

sipo
Latin name: entandrophragma utile
Vernacular names
Sipo mahogany, African cedar, heavy mahogany, brown mahogany

Uses
The wood, usually traded as ‘sipo’ or ‘utile’, is highly valued for exterior and interior joinery, interior trim, panelling, stairs, furniture, cabinet work, ship building, veneer and plywood. It is suitable for construction, flooring, vehicle bodies, boxes, crates, carvings and turnery. The bole is traditionally used for dug-out canoes. Wood that can not be valorised as timber may be used as firewood and for charcoal production.