Black CabbageBark Lonchocarpus spp. In Surinam occasional to locally frequent in high forests and marsh forests on alluvial flats. Heartwood striped with rather fine uniform parenchyma laminations of lighter color. Varying with species, drying rate is rather slow to rather rapid. Reported to dry satisfactorily without excessive distortion or shrinkage if dried slowly.
Movement is rated as medium.
Varies considerably with species. Durable species suggested for railroad crossties. 282-3Logs are delivered to a sawmill in southern Nigeria. Export of logs fro this region, as well as from most other tropical areas, is being restricted. M 150 282-2Band mills in Ghana are designed to handle logs 5 feet and more in diameter.