growth Places - Africa. Limba grows in the West African tropical woods on coast of Guinea and Congo. Limba - the dominating version of wood in Congo also is exported therefrom in large quantities.
Fibres pull together, usually direct, but can be and wavy. Colour of wood depends on growth region. Limba from Congo has light yellow colour whereas wood from the Cat-d'ivuara can be from brown to black colour. It is paradoxical, but the kernel at white limby quite often happens grey to black strokes and strips, and wood black limby pale yellow colour. Such anomaly speaks simply: the colours designated in these names concern a bark, instead of to wood. Because of external distinctions between white and black limboi there was some mess. Now it is absolutely different two botanical kinds.
Limba - good wood for plywood manufacture, strogannogo and a chipped interline interval. Also it is used by furniture manufacture, at manufacturing of doors. Easily is exposed to machining by all usual methods. To avoid an attack of insects, wood should be burnt soon after are sharp, but with the big care because of an internal tension. It is necessary to notice, that the dark core dries longer. All types of superficial processings can be used in interiors. Limba it is easily processed by manual tools and on machine tools, including on the turning. At a non-uniform arrangement of fibres it is possible their teases at planing. This lack is overcome at small corners of cutting. It sticks easily together and painted, and at use porozapolnitelei it is well polished. In avoidance rastreskivaniya care is necessary at use of nails and screws.