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| - | ====== Iroko ====== | ||
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| - | ===== Wikipedia SV ===== | ||
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| - | **Iroko**, Chlorophora excelsa, samt Chlorophora regina, är ett hårt gulbrunt träslag från Afrika som har kommit till användning som ersättning till den dyrare teaken till vissa ändamål. Iroko lämpar sig väl till båtvirke och även till kölar. | ||
| - | ===== Wikipedia EN ===== | ||
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| - | **Iroko** (also known as ọ́jị̀ in Igbo language, ' | ||
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| - | The genus name of Milicia is in honour of Milici (19th and 20th centuries), an administrator in Portuguese East Africa (in modern-day Mozambique) who supported the work of the author of the genus, Thomas Robertson Sim. It was first described and published in Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr. on page 97 in 1909. | ||
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| - | The tree is known to the Yoruba as ìrókò, logo or loko and is believed to have healing properties.[6] Iroko is known to the Igbo people as ọjị wood. It is one of the woods sometimes referred to as African teak, although it is unrelated to the teak family. The wood colour is initially yellow but darkens to a richer copper brown over time.\\ | ||
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| - | ==== Species ==== | ||
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| - | Iroko is yielded mostly (probably) by Milicia excelsa. In much of the literature on this timber the names of the trees that yields it are given as Chlorophora excelsa (syn. Milicia excelsa) and Chlorophora regia (syn. Milicia regia). | ||
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| - | Milicia excelsa is currently listed as 'lower risk/near threatened' | ||
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| - | Both species are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate individuals. | ||
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| They also claim that the spirit of the Iroko can be heard in houses which use iroko wood, as the spirit of the Iroko is trapped in the wood. In Nigeria the iroko wood is of much lower quality due to soil conditions as well as root-rot. Some Westerners refer to the wood as "poor man's teak". | They also claim that the spirit of the Iroko can be heard in houses which use iroko wood, as the spirit of the Iroko is trapped in the wood. In Nigeria the iroko wood is of much lower quality due to soil conditions as well as root-rot. Some Westerners refer to the wood as "poor man's teak". | ||
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| ==== Cultural beliefs ==== | ==== Cultural beliefs ==== | ||
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