African Journal of
Plant Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Plant Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0824
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 815

Full Length Research Paper

Physical, mechanical and acoustic properties of Terminalia superba, Cleistopholis patens and Holarrhena floribunda woods used in sculpture and instrument making in Benin

Montcho Crépin Hounlonon
  • Montcho Crépin Hounlonon
  • Laboratoire de Physique du Rayonnement (LPR), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, BP 526 Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
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Comlan Aristide Houngan
  • Comlan Aristide Houngan
  • Laboratoire de Caractérisation Thermophysique des Matériaux et Appropriation Energétique (Labo-CTMAE), ED-SDI, EPAC-UAC, BP 526 Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
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Clément Adéyèmi Kouchadé
  • Clément Adéyèmi Kouchadé
  • Laboratoire de Physique du Rayonnement (LPR), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, BP 526 Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
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Alexis Enagnon Medehouenou1 and Basile Bruno Kounouhéwa
  • Alexis Enagnon Medehouenou1 and Basile Bruno Kounouhéwa
  • Laboratoire de Physique du Rayonnement (LPR), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, BP 526 Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
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  •  Received: 19 April 2022
  •  Accepted: 27 June 2022
  •  Published: 31 October 2022

How to cite this article

APA /
Hounlonon, M. C., Houngan, C. A., Kouchadé, C. A., Medehouenou, A. E., & Kounouhéwa, B. B. (2022). Physical, mechanical and acoustic properties of Terminalia superba, Cleistopholis patens and Holarrhena floribunda woods used in sculpture and instrument making in Benin. African Journal of Plant Science, 16(9), 224-241.
Chicago /
Montcho Cr&epin Hounlonon, Comlan Aristide Houngan, Cl&ement Ad&eyèmi Kouchad&e, Alexis Enagnon Medehouenou and Basile Bruno Kounouh&ewa. "Physical, mechanical and acoustic properties of Terminalia superba, Cleistopholis patens and Holarrhena floribunda woods used in sculpture and instrument making in Benin." African Journal of Plant Science 16, no. 9 (2022): 224-241.
MLA /
Montcho Creacute;pin Hounlonon, et al. "Physical, mechanical and acoustic properties of Terminalia superba, Cleistopholis patens and Holarrhena floribunda woods used in sculpture and instrument making in Benin." African Journal of Plant Science 16.9 (2022): 224-241.
DOI /
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJPS2022.2256
URL /
https://ftp.academicjournals.org/journal/AJPS/article-abstract/3E413C069767

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