Trade names: Koto Origin: Africa Range: West Africa, from Lyberia through to the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon. Uses: Sliced veneer used for door skins and inner surface veneers, rotary veneer used for plywood panels. It is used in the furniture industry more as a backing veneer. It is a moderately heavy, African wood, which is used in its light natural coloring – or by steaming tanned – in furniture construction and in the design of interior spaces. Character: The wood is yellowish-white to cream in color and becomes more yellowish-grey when steamed. It is light-colored and matt glossy, partly with distinct pore, as well as accentuated mirror and flare structure. Koto is very good for printing and staining. The tree has branch-free strains up to 20 m and diameter up to 1.4 m. The sapwood is up to 10 cm and yellowish-white. There are only little difference to heartwood, that cross-sections appear often monochrome. Even after drying, the dried wood does not show a clear sapwood boundary. In order to maintain the structural image and the natural coloration, as far as possible, colorless, glossy or only moderately matte and non-yellowing preparations should be used. Particularities: The Kokto is a new woods. The use of which has been widespread in a short time. In the case of light incidence on the yellowish-white to cream-colored wood, very interesting reflections are obtained.