Table 1 Summary of the dendrometric characteristics and uses of the wood of the 23 species we focus on. MLD, minimum logging diameter (cm); DBH: mean [min, max] diameter at breast height (cm); BH, mean [min, max] bole height (m); AGE, mean [min, max] tree age (year); WD, wood density from Chave et al. (2009) (g.cm\(^{3}\)); N_s, total number of spontaneous trees; N_tp, total number of (trans)planted trees; WOOD USES, T, timber, S, slicing, RP, Rotary peeling, from Prota4u; an asterisk indicates exotic species (Aké-Assi 2001)

Alstonia boonei De Wild.

EMIEN

60

47.9 [11.0, 143.0]

9.2 [2.0, 34.0]

19.2 [3.0, 50.0]

0.32

47

1

T, S, RP

Amphimas pterocarpoides Harms

LATI

70

30.5 [10.0, 77.0]

8.1 [0.9, 29.0]

14.6 [1.0, 41.0]

0.62

57

0

T

Antiaris toxicaria (J.F.Gmel.) Lesch.

AKO

50

30.9 [10.0, 101.0]

7.9 [1.5, 23.0]

13.1 [2.0, 41.0]

0.38

93

1

T

Bombax brevicuspe Sprague

KONDROTI

60

44.3 [23.0, 109.0]

9.0 [4.5, 28.0]

15.8 [4.0, 50.0]

0.41

10

0

RP

Bombax buonopozense P.Beauv.

OBA/KAPOKIER

60

48.6 [11.7, 100.0]

7.3 [1.8, 15.0]

13.9 [3.0, 26.0]

0.32

19

3

T, S, RP

Cedrela odorata L.*

CEDRELA*

50

29.6 [10.0, 51.4]

5.9 [2.0, 10.0]

7.5 [3.0, 19.0]

0.45

0

10

T, S, RP

Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

FROMAGER

80

45.0 [10.9, 140.0]

7.2 [1.5, 25.0]

10.4 [1.0, 27.0]

0.31

43

3

RP

Celtis zenkeri Engl.

ASAN

50

38.4 [10.2, 65.2]

9.6 [1.0, 23.0]

16.4 [3.0, 25.0]

0.61

10

0

T

Distemonanthus benthamianus Baill.

MOVINGUI

60

28.1 [11.0, 75.0]

5.2 [1.3, 11.0]

15.0 [5.0, 35.0]

0.60

17

0

S

Entandrophragma angolense C.DC.

TIAMA

60

23.1 [10.3, 58.3]

8.9 [1.3, 20.0]

12.7 [4.0, 41.0]

0.48

49

0

T, S, RP

Funtumia africana (Benth.) Stapf

POUO

50

26.1 [10.1, 69.0]

5.0 [0.8, 15.0]

13.0 [3.0, 30.0]

0.42

45

0

RP

Gmelina arborea Roxb.*

GMELINA*

50

18.7 [10.0, 32.7]

5.0 [2.2, 6.0]

3.6 [2.0, 4.0]

0.43

0

10

T, RP

Lannea welwitschii (Hiern) Engl.

LOLOTI

60

30.2 [14.0, 89.0]

6.6 [1.3, 20.0]

11.4 [3.0, 41.0]

0.41

34

2

S

Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.C.Berg

IROKO BLANC

60

34.7 [10.8, 76.0]

8.8 [1.7, 21.0]

16.4 [2.0, 40.0]

0.57

67

9

T, S

Milicia regia (A.Chev.) C.C.Berg

IROKO ROUGE

60

28.6 [14.9, 76.0]

6.2 [3.0, 14.0]

11.8 [3.0, 41.0]

0.56

21

1

T, S

Parkia bicolor A.Chev.

LO

50

21.4 [10.4, 57.0]

3.4 [1.4, 9.0]

9.9 [5.0, 25.0]

0.46

5

4

T, S

Petersianthus macrocarpus (P.Beauv.) Liben

ABALE

50

36.5 [16.2, 56.0]

6.0 [2.0, 17.0]

15.5 [4.0, 30.0]

0.68

16

0

S

Piptadeniastrum africanum (Hook.f.) Brenan

DABEMA

60

24.5 [10.0, 38.6]

5.8 [2.3, 8.0]

12.8 [5.0, 27.0]

0.61

13

0

T

Pycnanthus angolensis (Welw.) Warb.

ILOMBA

60

39.4 [10.2, 79.9]

8.2 [3.0, 21.5]

18.6 [3.0, 50.0]

0.41

77

0

T, RP

Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Pierre ex Heckel

EHO/APKI

60

45.5 [11.6, 141.0]

6.5 [1.9, 20.0]

17.0 [3.0, 50.0]

0.21

31

19

RP

Terminalia ivorensis A.Chev.

FRAMIRE

50

35.4 [10.8, 73.2]

8.8 [2.1, 34.0]

14.9 [3.0, 41.0]

0.44

20

9

T, RP

Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels

FRAKE

50

26.4 [10.0, 79.0]

7.3 [1.0, 20.0]

9.4 [2.0, 28.0]

0.46

81

120

T, S

Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild.) P.G.Waterman

BAHE

50

50.0 [17.0, 94.6]

10.0 [1.8, 18.0]

23.2 [7.0, 41.0]

0.69

12

0

T, S