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INFORMATION LEAFLET 
FOREIGN WOODS 
Forest Products Laboratory,— Forest Service 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
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LIMBA >* 
(Afar a, Frake*, Korina-) fcTt-ANT/- 
Terminalia superba Engl* et Diels ^-\ \ AN T * • 
Family: Combretaceae 7' qf ' fl l ib" 
JQCUMENTS DEPT. 
By 
: S. DEPOSITORY 
ELOISE GERRY, Forest Products Technologist" 
Division of Silvicultural Relations 
Terminalia superba Engl, et Diels is a West African species which is 
known by various common names. The specific name superba suggests 
the handsome appearance of the tree which is widely distributed from , 
French Guinea to the Cameroons, the Belgian Congo and Angola (l^, 19 )« 
It prefers the humid forests without a dry season. The name Terminalia 
refers to the leaves, which occur in tufts at the ends of the branches (19) 
Some of the common or trade names are (ljj) : 
White afara (United Kingdom and Nigeria) 
Limba clair or light limba 
Limba noir or dark limba— 
Limbo 
Chtne limbo 
Frake* 
Noyer du Mayombe 
Ofram - Gold Coast 
Korina— 
Belgium, Belgian Congo and Angola) 
) 
France and French West AfricaN 
-Maintained at Madison, Wis., in cooperation with the University of 
Wisconsin. 
^Trademarked name. (See Veneers and Plywood i+3(3) :26-27, Mar. I9U9. 
■^Underlined numbers in parentheses refer to the list of numbered references 
at the end of this leaflet. 
--Black or dark afara is a name generally applied to Idigbo ( Terminalia 
ivorensis) because of its dark bark , its wood being pale yellow (15)» 
Report No. R177S Agriculture-Madison 
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