Samartex product: Mouldings

Samartex has the capacity to produce a wide variety of mouldings, profiled boards, dowles, floorings and decking. Exports include tongued and grooved boarding, profiled fascia, and sauna boards.
Such products can be kiln dried, are well finished and carefully packed. The physical properties of Ghanaian Timbers offer a range of strength, wearing properties and colour to suit every purpose.

Utilizing lesser-known species combined with all the short and narrow dimensions, we in Samartex believe that a real recovery can only be achieved through down-streaming. African Hardwood Timbers are too treasured to waste.

African Mahogany (Khaya ivorensis) Typical red-brown heartwood with pale sapwood. Grain straight/interlocked. Mild easily worked timber providing good attractive finishes. A wood of great versatility. Weight: 500kg/m3 at 12-14% MC Strength: 9-11000 N/mm2 Recommended usage: Flooring strips, T&G boards, S4S

Ananta (Cynometra ananta) Heartwood dark red-brown with darker streaks. Sapwood pale. Grain is fine but interlocked. Strong timber of high density Weight: 950kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: 14-19000 N/mm2 Recommended usage: T&G Horsebox flooring

Ayan (Distemonanthus benthamianus) Heartwood distinctive yellow, sapwood pale. Interlock grain. Fine even texture. Very stable. Weight: 700kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: 11-14000 N/mm2 Recommended usage: Flooring

Celtis / Esa (Celtis mildbraedii) Yellowish grey heartwood and sapwood. Fine texture Weight: 750kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: 11-14000 N/mm2 Recommended usage: Flooring, S4S

Denya (Cylicodiscus gabunensis) Distinctive yellowish-red heartwood. Sapwood pale. A hard and heavy species of high natural durability including resistance to marine borers. Weight: 950kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: 19000 + N/mm2 Recommended usage: T&G horsebox flooring, heavy duty flooring, S4S

Ekki / Kaku (Lophira alata) Dark chocolate brown heartwood. Sapwood pale. Coarse texture. Very hard and extremely heavy. Resistance to marine borers. Acid resistant. Weight: 1050kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: 19000 + N/mm2 Recommended usage: T&G horsebox flooring, heavy duty flooring

Kosipo (Entandrophragma candollei) Dark Mahogany red-brown heartwood. Sapwood pale. Of the same group as Sapelewood, but somewhat harder. Weight: 650kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: 11-14000 N/mm2 Recommended usage: Flooring

Kusia (Nauclea diderrichii) Characteristic yellow/gold heartwood,. Sapwood pale. Grain usually interlocked and of medium/coarse texture. A hard species. Widely used durable exterior quality timber. Weight: 750kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: 14-19000 N/mm2 Recommended usage: Anti slip boards, S4S

Koto (Pterygota macrocarpa) Creamy white heartwood and sapwood. Attractive quarter sawn face. Weight: 650kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: 11-14000 N/mm2 Recommended usage: Dowels, T&G wall cladding

Odum / Iroko / Kambala (Milicia excelsa) Olive/yellowish brown heartwood. Sapwood pale. One of Africa’s most respected species. Teak alternative Weight: 650kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: 11-14000 N/mm2 Recommended usage: Flooring, S4S

Papao / Apa (Afzelia africana) Darkish red brown heartwood. Sapwood pale. Very stable. Strong and attractive species of good durability Weight: 825kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: 14-19000 N/mm2 Recommended usage: Flooring

Tetekon (Gilbertiodendron spp.) Dark red brown heartwood. Sapwood pale. Fairly coarse texture. Weight: 800kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: 14-19000 N/mm2 Recommended usage: Flooring

Wawa / Samba / Ayous (Triplochiton scleroxylon) Creamy white coloured heart and sapwood. Dries quickly and easily. Ghana’s most abundant commercial specie. Weight: 375kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: below 9000 N/mm2 Recommended usage: Dowels, Sauna boards

Wawabima (Sterculia rhinopetala) Dark red brown heartwood with close grain of good strength Weight: 750kg/m3 at 12-15%MC Strength: 14-19000 N/mm2 Recommended usage: Flooring