The famous Bubinga wood is a wood of several species: Guibourtia tessmannii, Guibourtia desmeusei, Guibourtia pellegriniana. The genus Guibourtia includes 16 species that grow in the tropics of Africa (13 species) and South America (3 species). But for the production of bubing wood used mainly African species.

Botanical name – Guibourtia SPP.

Distribution – Equatorial Africa