The wood colour is initially yellow but darkens to a richer copper brown over time.

In much of the literature on this timber the names of the trees that yields it are given as Chlorophora excelsa (syn.

[16] The timber is used for a variety of external and internal purposes[17] including boat-building, domestic flooring, furniture and outdoor gates.

From the late 1990s, it was used as part of the txalaparta, a Basque musical instrument constructed of wooden boards, due to its lively sound.

The only reported adverse effects known to be caused by the dust from iroko are asthma, dermatitis and nettle rash.

[24] In Nigeria the iroko wood is of much lower quality due to soil conditions as well as root-rot.