obeche - meaning and definition. What is obeche
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What (who) is obeche - definition

SPECIES OF PLANT
Obeche; Samba (timber); Wawa (timber); Ayous; Wawa (tree); Abachi
  • Abachi wood
  • Workmen spraying the trunk of an Obeche tree with [[Gammaxene]] to protect it against timber-boring insects

obeche         
[??'bi:t?i]
¦ noun a tropical African tree whose pale wood is used for plywood and veneers. [Triplochiton scleroxylon.]
Origin
early 20th cent.: a term used in Nigeria.
Triplochiton scleroxylon         
Triplochiton scleroxylon is a tree of the genus Triplochiton of the family Malvaceae. The timber is known by the common names African whitewood, abachi, obeche (in Nigeria), wawa (in Ghana), ayous (in Cameroon) and sambawawa (in Ivory Coast).

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Triplochiton scleroxylon

Triplochiton scleroxylon is a tree of the genus Triplochiton of the family Malvaceae. The timber is known by the common names African whitewood, abachi, obeche (in Nigeria), wawa (in Ghana), ayous (in Cameroon) and sambawawa (in Ivory Coast). The tree is the official state tree of Ekiti State, Nigeria.