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1904 Timber Trades Jrnl. 2 Apr. 740/2 A fair amount of the African wood [sc. mahogany]..was sold. There were submitted 346 lots of Lagos..69 logs of Sapeli, Benin, padouk, birch and Gaboon logs.

1914 E. W. Foster Notes Nigerian Trees & Plants 20 The wood..has been exported to Europe under the name of ‘Unscented Mahogany’ presumably to distinguish it from the ‘Sapele Scented Wood’.

1928 Sunday Express 29 July 15/4 We take the most handsome pieces of burr walnut, of rosewood and sapele mahogany... We place these on the surface of our furniture in such a way that they provide all the beauty and decoration that is needed.

1936 Nature 9 May 790/1 The following woods amongst others have been used: laurel wood,..Sapele.

1954 Archit. Rev. 115 189/3 Display shelves are of sapele wood supported by light steel rods, cellulosed black and orange.

1958 Archit. Rev. 124 191/2 The floors are of mansonia wood blocks, the staircase and fittings of sapele and the ceilings gaboon plywood.

1960 News Chron. 21 Apr. 6/2 11 steps, with treads of sapele (an African hardwood), lead to a landing above the hall.

1964 R. W. J. Keay et al. Nigerian Trees 265 This [sc. Entandophragma cylindricum] is one of Nigeria's largest and finest trees, producing the well known Sapele Wood.

1972 ‘K. Royce’ Miniatures Frame ix. 117 A board room..with steel tubular chairs running the length of a sapele mahogany table.

1981 Times 24 Apr. 12/2 Great sapele logs are stacked along the banks of the Oubangy river.