• GUIDE TO THE PROPERTIES AND USES OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN WOOD

GUIDE TO THE PROPERTIES AND USES OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN WOOD

: Dyer (S.), James (B.) & James (D.)

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336pp., b/w & colour illus., maps, hardback, Briza, Pretoria, 2016

ISBN: 9781920217587

 

Covers the wood characteristics and uses of 140 southern African tree species, of which 134 are indigenous and six are introduced. Technical data is presented alongside comments from carpenters, cabinetmakers, woodturners, woodcarvers, pipemakers, sculptors and luthiers.

Stephanie Dyer lectured in Forestry Products and Processing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She provides a wood identification and timber information service.

Barry James is an ecologist and environmental consultant who collects and trades in indigenous southern African wood.

Danielle James runs an environmental consultancy in partnership with her husband Barry James.