Definition of "limba"

This was the wood of the limba tree — a native of the Mayumbe forest — from which is produced a beautifully grained, blond, high-quality veneer for plywood and other uses.

1965, Theodore Geiger, editor, Agrifor and U.S. Plywood in the Congo, Issue 12, page 50

Limba occurred in blocks a, c and d and varied from 0.1 to 0.6 exploitable trees per hectare on average.

1991, Ján Borota, tropical forests: some African and Asian case studies of composition and structure, Elsevier, page 101

Because of the decline of harvestable Limba trees in natural forests, a reforestation program was then undertaken by the government using local seed sources .

1994, Richard C. Schultz, Joe P. Colletti, editors, Opportunities for Agroforestry in the Temperate Zone Worldwide: Proceedings of the Third North American Agroforestry Conference, page 242