It is a species of African origin in the Sapotaceae family, botanically referred to as “altissima, robusta, superba, gigantea” with the scientific names of Aningeria altissima/ Aningeria robusta/ Aningeria superba/ Gambeyobotrys gigantea, often used in the past as a viable alternative to the flame de Noce, can reach 50 meters in height.

Tanganyika frisé is a fine, three-dimensional wood: frisés are overlapping bundles generated within the wood fiber, and they give the veneer luminescence and iridescence of reflections likes Tabu 01.S.118

Frisés, like the other three-dimensionalities that make fine wood (briars, pomelé, eyelets), are a gift from Nature and cannot be “constructed” by man.