Milicia excelsa is a tree species from the genus Milicia of the family Moraceae. Distributed across tropical Central Africa, it is one of two species (the other being Milicia regia) yielding timber commonly known as ọjị, African teak, iroko, intule, kambala, moreira, mvule, odum and tule.

Aug 21, 2020 · A man points at massive destruction of indigenous trees including mangroves, baobab, and mvule, among others at Funzi Island in South Coast, Kenya. Illegal logging of the mvule tree driven by demand for its timber is threatening its extinction.

Timber: Mvule is one of the most popular timber species in East Africa. The wood is an attractive brown colour, which darkens on exposure and with oiling; the hard, dark heartwood is durable on the ground, works easily, and is heavy,

It has a hard, dark heartwood which is durable on the ground, works easily, and is heavy, strong, open grained and resistant to termites. It is mainly used for outdoor construction work, furniture, boats, cabinet work, panelling, frames and floors. It has an umbrella shape with a few thick branches in the crown all fairly horizontal.

Useful trees and shrubs for Kenya, World Agroforestry Centre. One of the most important timber species, but over-exploitation has made it very rare. The heartwood is brown to yellow and easy to work. The wood resists termite attack almost as well as teak.

词典中mvule的定义是一种热带非洲树，Chlorophora excelsa，也被称为iroko树。 mvule的其他定义是这样一棵树的硬木木材。 The definition of mvule in the dictionary is a tropical African tree, Chlorophora excelsa, also known as the iroko tree. Other definition of mvule is the hardwood timber of such a tree.

2 种含义: 1. a tropical African tree, Chlorophora excelsa (or Milicia excelsa) Also called: iroko tree 2. the hardwood timber of such a tree.... 点击查看更多定义。

mbrella crown grows from a few thick branches. Ulti mate branches hang down (only f. male trees; male trees have upright branches). BARK: Thick, pale, grey then brow. , exudes slightly milky sap, as do the leaves. LEAVES: Large, oval to 18 cm, rather thin, a well pointed tip, 10-18 pairs clear side veins, base rounded, often unequal-sided, st.

Mvule is dioecious (di-oikos = greek for “two houses”), meaning that it has separate male and female trees (whereas monoecious species carry male and female flowers on the same tree). It is also a ‘pioneer’ tree, i.e. it likes to colonise open ground, and is therefore common in forest edges and farmland (seeded by birds and bats from ...

The mvule tree is very precious to the growing economy of Uganda. It is an endangered species of tree also known as Intule, African Teak, Kambala and Iroko. Each Mvule tree cut down in a village is used to get income to build schools and wells in the village.